DOJ targets DC firearm suppressor ban in amended complaint

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The Department of Justice is putting the firearm suppressor ban in Washington, D.C., in its crosshairs, arguing the local regulation violates the Second Amendment.

In an amended complaint filed Thursday, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said suppressors are already regulated under the National Firearms Act. Therefore, the district government is going beyond the 1934 federal law by categorically banning silencers.

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