D.C. Gun Ban in the Crosshairs

Orlando Lawyers Chapter

Speaker:

• Robert Levy, The Cato Institute

Speaker:

• Robert Levy, The Cato Institute

Thirty-one years ago, the District of Columbia government prohibited residents of the District from possessing handguns. This March, the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in Parker v. District of Columbia, 478 F.3d 370 (D.C. Cir. 2007) that the ban violated the Second Amendment. Robert A. Levy, senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, and lead attorney Alan Gura represented the case's six plaintiffs who wished to keep handguns in their homes for self-defense. Levy and Gura appeared at a March 22 Cato Policy Forum to discuss their case and what it means for the future of Second Amendment rights. On September 4, 2007, the District of Columbia filed a cert petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to accept an appeal.

*Robert A. Levy is senior fellow in constitutional studies and a member of the board of directors at the Cato Institute, which he joined in 1997 after 25 years in business. He also sits on boards of the Institute for Justice, the Federalist Society, and the George Mason University School of Law. He founded CDA Investment Technologies, a major provider of financial information and software, and was its CEO until 1991. Levy clerked for Judge Royce C. Lamberth on the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., and for Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. From 1997 until 2004, Levy was an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University. He has written numerous articles on investments, law, and public policy. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, National Review, and many other publications. Levy has also discussed public policy on national radio and TV programs, including ABC's Nightline, CNN's Crossfire, Fox's The O'Reilly Factor, MSNBC's Hardball, and NBC's Today Show. His latest book, published in November 2004, is Shakedown: How Corporations, Government, and Trial Lawyers Abuse the Judicial Process. Levy received his Ph.D. in business from the American University and his J.D. degree from the George Mason University School of Law.

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