Suit filed Dec 22, 2025 Updated 296 days ago
Where it stands
Justice Department sued D.C. over its firearm registration ban.
In legal terms
Registration laws require owners to list their firearms with the government.
States say registries help trace crime guns. Challengers say they are a burden with no historical precedent and a step toward confiscation.
What this means, in plain English
Registration laws require owners to list their firearms with the government.
States say registries help trace crime guns. Challengers say they are a burden with no historical precedent and a step toward confiscation.
Registration rules decide whether a government can require owners to list their firearms with the state.
Timeline
Key terms
- Bruen (2022)
- The Supreme Court case that struck down New York's rule requiring a special reason to get a carry permit. It set the test courts use today: if the Second Amendment's text covers what you did, the government must show its law fits the country's historical tradition of firearm regulation.
States affected
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