The strategic implications of DC's decision are enormous. It appears that DC has decided that its long-gun self-defense ban is constitutionally indefensible. The most logical inference is that DC (despite statements by the Mayor at press conferences) has concluded that it cannot convince the Supreme Court that the Second Amendment is not an individual right. DC is retreating to position that the individual Second Amendment right is not violated by a handgun ban, as long as individuals can possess other guns.
The implications are enormous.
So unless it was neglect and stupid lawyering, which seems unlikely, it means that despite their public posturing, DC's rulers know damn well what the Second Amendment is about. That they would proceed knowing they are in the wrong is revealing as to what evil and demented souls they, and those like them, are.
[Via Paul N]