In a declaration, District of Columbia prosecutors are informed by US Attorney Pirro that they should not file felony charges against individuals carrying legally registered rifles and shotguns within the city.
In a significant move, U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro, has instructed prosecutors not to seek felony charges for individuals carrying registered rifles and shotguns in the district. This policy shift, first reported by the Washington Post, was prompted by concerns from the Justice Department's solicitor general, John Sauer, that the district's restrictive firearm statutes infringe on the Second Amendment rights of residents.
Pirro stated that her office will continue to seize all illegal and unlicensed firearms, prosecute crimes connected with them, and charge felons in possession of any of these firearms. According to DC Code 22-4503, the U.S. Attorney's Office can still prosecute felons in possession of firearms, including rifles, shotguns, and large capacity magazines.
The shift in policy is related to a D.C. statute that bars people from carrying shotguns or rifles in the capital without permits. Pirro's office argues that this statute violates the Supreme Court's holdings in two recent Second Amendment cases in 2008 and 2022, which affirmed these rights.
Pirro added that anyone carrying a weapon illegally will be charged. However, no new information was provided about the administration publicly touting numbers of illegal firearms seized in its ongoing surge of federal resources intended to combat D.C. crime.
It is important to note that the U.S. Supreme Court has not been formally asked to overturn the landmark same-sex marriage ruling as of August 11, 2022. Furthermore, there is no information in the available search results about John Sauer or his role in changing gun laws in Washington, D.C.
In a separate development, the FDA has warned the public not to eat possibly radioactive shrimp sold at Walmart. No new information was provided about the administration's concerns from the Justice Department's solicitor general, John Sauer, that the district's restrictive firearm statutes infringe on the Second Amendment rights of residents.
Lastly, no prior context was provided regarding Jeanine Pirro vowing to tackle violence as the top prosecutor in D.C. The Trump administration is calling on the Federal Reserve governor to resign, but this news does not seem to be directly related to the policy shift in gun laws in Washington, D.C.
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