Does an individual rights view of the Second Amendment mean no gun control at all in Washington, D.C.?
No, it does not. Even though the Second Amendment secures an individual right, the D.C. government will not be foreclosed from regulating the use and ownership of firearms. The Parker opinion carefully noted that “the protections of the Second Amendment are subject to … reasonable restrictions.” But banning all functional firearms and handguns, for all residents, isn’t a “reasonable” regulation of the right to keep and bear arms, any more than a ban on all newspapers would be a “reasonable” regulation of the free press.
