Constitutional Law

Bob Levy and the real story behind DC gun registration

He has an op-ed In the WashPo on the matter. The Post earlier carried a story to the effect that handgun registration (while, as Levy notes, very low) was much higher as a percent of households in wealthy DC zip codes than in poor areas, with the implication that somehow gun ownership was a privilege of the wealthy who lived in low crime areas. Levy responds that this is not surprising, considering that DC has made registration a process that costs over $800, plus 16 hours of personal effort, and requiring multiple trips during working hours. "More litigation is sure to follow."

Full post as published by Of Arms and the Law on February 13, 2011 (boomark / email).