D.C. to Pay Gun Owners $5.1 Million for Unconstitutional Arrests and Confiscations

Posted By: admin August 29, 2023

D.C. to Pay Gun Owners $5.1 Million for Unconstitutional Arrests and Confiscations

D.C. will pay $5.1 million as part of a class-action settlement with gun owners who were arrested under laws that have since been found to violate the Second Amendment, according to the settlement agreement.

U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth gave preliminary approval to the settlement agreement on Monday following years of litigation. Lamberth had previously ruled in September 2021 that D.C. arrested, jailed, prosecuted and seized guns from six people “based on an unconstitutional set of laws” and violated their Second Amendment rights.

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