JULY 2, 2022
June 30, 2022 — SAI Board Member and expert Second Amendment Attorney, George Lyon (Arsenal Attorneys), filed a lawsuit listing four Washington D.C. residents as plaintiffs, challenging Washington D.C.’s ban on metro concealed carry by concealed carry licensed residents.
One of those plaintiffs is Second Amendment Institute President Tyler Yzaguirre.
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UPDATES:
1/5/23 - Federally Appointed Obama Judge, Judge Moss, denies lawsuit, says plaintiffs have lack of standing. Read More here.
9/20 - Amicus Briefs Filed Against Plaintiffs From Everytown for Gun Safety, Brady Campaign, and Illinois
Download: Everytown Brief - Brady Campaign - Illinois
9/19 - Washington, D.C. Responds to Lawsuit: D.C. Argument:
1) Plaintiffs Lack Standing Because They Have Failed to Allege An Injury-in-Fact
2) Plaintiffs Are Unlikely to Succeed on the Merits Because the Metro Law Governs “Sensitive Places.” — Plaintiffs can take an alternate route instead of the Metro.
3) Plaintiffs Will Not Suffer Imminent, Irreparable Harm Absent of Relief
4) The Balance of Equities and Public Interest Weigh Against an Injunction
5) Plaintiffs Are Not Entitled to Summary Judgement or Trial Based on the Merits
News Coverage: WUSA9
9/13 - NOTICE BY THE UNITED STATES OF POTENTIAL PARTICIPATION: The United States is considering whether to file a Statement of Interest in this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sect. 517. The statute authorizes the Attorney General of the United States to send any officer of the Department of Justice to “attend to the interests of the United States in a suit pending in a court of the United States, or in the courts of a State, or to attend any other interest of the United States.”
7/12 - Preliminary Injunction Filed — Read Here: PDF
7/11 - Judge Randolph Daniel Moss assigned to case
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The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, cites the Supreme Court’s June 23 decision that makes it harder for governments to restrict the carrying of pistols outside the home. Writing for the court’s 6-to-3 conservative majority, Justice Clarence Thomas said that to ban concealed handguns in a particular place, “the government must demonstrate that the regulation is consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.”
Read the full article: Washington Post
Also Covered In: Fox 5 — DCist — WTOP — LAW.com — The Hill — Epoch Times — WMAL
Read Full Complaint: PDF
Read Preliminary Injunction: PDF
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