D.C. Court of Appeals Strikes Down City's Gun Magazine Capacity Ban as Unconstitutional

The D.C. Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the District's ban on firearm magazines holding more than 10 rounds is unconstitutional, delivering a significant victory to gun-rights advocates in one of the most restrictive jurisdictions in the country. The decision, which follows the Supreme Court's landmark Bruen ruling expanding Second Amendment protections, strikes down a regulation that D.C. officials had defended as essential to public safety in a city with a long history of gun violence. The ruling is likely to embolden legal challenges to similar magazine restrictions in other blue-state jurisdictions, continuing a post-Bruen wave of litigation that has reshaped the landscape of American gun law.