This is the Cato Daily Podcast for Monday, July 28, 2014.

I'm Caleb Brown.

Washington, D.C. has long had among the most restrictive gun rules anywhere in the United States.

But as of Saturday, it is no longer illegal for residents of DC to leave their homes with their

handguns for personal protection.

Attorney Alan Gura is the attorney on the case.

We spoke yesterday.

Right now, Washington, D.C. residents who have lawfully registered handguns

are entitled to walk outside their homes and carry those

handguns for self-defense. Additionally, non-residents are entitled now as a

result of this decision to go ahead and register their handguns with the city so that they might

bring them into the city and carry them for self-defense. We did not challenge the

registration requirements if you are going to possess a handgun within Washington, D.C.

you still need to have that handgun registered. However, once that handgun is registered, the

city cannot enforce its ban on carrying it for

self-defense outside the home.

As I recall before the Heller decision in which you did the oral argument, you said the idea that the Second Amendment

only applies when you're walking around within your home is ridiculous.

So for DC with some of the most restrictive requirements on handguns, what is the government?

What must they now do?

The government must now allow people to walk outside their homes with their handguns for the purposes of self-defense so long as those people are otherwise obeying the law and are entitled to have the handgun. The city may, if it so chooses, regulate the

carrying of handguns for self-defense in the interest of public safety. They can enact

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