The District of Columbia has a long and storied history of gun control. More accurately, it has a long and storied history of getting its butt kicked on gun control. Some of us remember Heller v. D.C. very well, just to name one example.
And the challenge of the district's magazine restrictions is going about as well for them as that case did.
As it stands, they've already been told that no, the restrictions on so-called high capacity magazines isn't acceptable, but they're trying to appeal the decision, and in doing so, they engaged in some rather epic pearl-clutching.
You see, if they didn't get this addressed right away, the streets would run red with blood. Blood, I tell you!!!!!!
Unfortunately for DC, the judge was...less than understanding.
Judge Deahl writes to explain why DC is being ridiculous.
— Kostas Moros (@MorosKostas) March 24, 2026
He notes that
1. Prosecutions for possession of a magazine of 11 or more rounds have stopped for more than six months, so there is no change on the ground anyway;
2. Between 2018 and 2022, nearly half of all… pic.twitter.com/MrVvdaKpCp
2. Between 2018 and 2022, nearly half of all prosecutions for ANY firearm offense involved such a magazine, meaning the ban was NOT WORKING ANYWAY!
The judge was far from finished, adding:
This is a flimsy prediction for two reasons: 1) there is no evidence or so much as an anecdote about a similar flood after the United States stopped prosecuting these offenses six months ago and 2) in the same breath the District tells us that "between 2018 and 2022" "an average of 47%" of firearm prosecutions involved 11+ round magazines, so it appears as if its ban was not doing much to keep them out in the first place (unsurprisingly, given how easy they are to lawfully procure in neighboring states).
Six months with the DOJ not prosecuting anyone for violating magazine restrictions, and literally no one noticed. That apparently includes DC's attorneys, if they thought this argument would fly.
As it stands, we're seeing conflicting rulings on magazine restrictions. Some courts have ruled that these magazines aren't "arms" under the Second Amendment and thus fair game for restriction. Others have found the opposite.
This is setting the stage for a Supreme Court ruling one way or the other, and while the court hasn't been quite as pro-gun as I'd like, there's little chance of them ruling so-called high-capacity magazine restrictions as anything but unconstitutional. Assuming, of course, they have the cajones to take the case, that is.
The District of Columbia got smacked down by the judge for being a bunch of whiny chowderheads, freaking out over nothing, all while the anti-gun left runs around like their hair is on fire because the ban that hasn't been enforced since last year might not remain in place, and people who were doing things before might still be doing them.
These people are demented, and yet, some people actually listen to this nonsense.
If that doesn't tell you everything you need to know about the left, I don't know what to say to you.