Parker v. District of Columbia (2007)

E734919

Second Amendment case United States federal appellate court case landmark court decision

Parker v. District of Columbia (2007) is a landmark federal appellate court decision that struck down Washington, D.C.’s handgun ban and laid the groundwork for the Supreme Court’s recognition of an individual Second Amendment right in District of Columbia v. Heller.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Second Amendment case ⓘ United States federal appellate court case ⓘ landmark court decision ⓘ
affects	federal constitutional law on firearms ⓘ gun control laws in the District of Columbia ⓘ
appellateOutcome	district court judgment reversed in part ⓘ
challengesLaw	D.C. requirement that firearms in the home be kept unloaded and disassembled or bound by a trigger lock ⓘ District of Columbia handgun ban ⓘ
citationStyle	Parker v. District of Columbia, 478 F.3d 370 (D.C. Cir. 2007) NERFINISHED ⓘ
directlyLeadsTo	District of Columbia v. Heller NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissentReason	plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge the D.C. gun laws ⓘ
hasCitation	478 F.3d 370 ⓘ
hasCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDecisionDate	March 9, 2007 ⓘ
hasDefendant	District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDissentBy	Karen LeCraft Henderson NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	District of Columbia Circuit NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorityOpinionBy	Judge Laurence H. Silberman NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorityOpinionJoinedBy	Thomas B. Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPanelJudge	Karen LeCraft Henderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurence H. Silberman NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas B. Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPlaintiff	Shelly Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ other D.C. residents ⓘ
hasProceduralPosture	appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ⓘ
hasSubjectMatter	Second Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubsequentCaseName	District of Columbia v. Heller NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubsequentHistory	appeal taken to the United States Supreme Court ⓘ
hasYear	2007 ⓘ
held	D.C. requirements that firearms in the home be kept nonfunctional violate the Second Amendment ⓘ the District of Columbia’s handgun ban violates the Second Amendment ⓘ the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms ⓘ
influenced	Supreme Court’s recognition of an individual Second Amendment right in District of Columbia v. Heller ⓘ
interprets	Second Amendment as securing an individual right unconnected with militia service ⓘ
involvesConstitutionalProvision	Second Amendment NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvesLocation	Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
isLandmarkFor	gun rights jurisprudence in the United States ⓘ individual-right interpretation of the Second Amendment ⓘ
lowerCourtDecision	United States District Court for the District of Columbia upheld the D.C. gun laws NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedentFor	District of Columbia v. Heller NERFINISHED ⓘ
rejectsInterpretation	collective-rights-only view of the Second Amendment ⓘ
result	D.C. handgun ban struck down as unconstitutional ⓘ D.C. storage requirements for firearms struck down as unconstitutional ⓘ
topic	constitutionality of handgun bans ⓘ scope of the right to keep and bear arms ⓘ
wasAffirmedAsToResultIn	District of Columbia v. Heller NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Judge Laurence Silberman → notableCase → Parker v. District of Columbia (2007) ⓘ

subject surface form: Laurence Silberman