DC Fights Federal Challenge To Assault Weapons Laws

By Jared Foretek ( April 30, 2026, 7:22 PM EDT) -- The District of Columbia government is urging a federal judge there to dismiss the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit targeting its assault weapons laws, claiming in a new response brief that the Trump administration is misusing a federal police misconduct law that was never intended to challenge criminal statutes....

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