To chelate out some of the emotional, for-the-children mud in the waters which was stirred up by the previous post.
We criminalize DUI. Why? Merely driving under the influence harms no one.
Again, that goes to BEHAVIOR, not POSSESSION. The Heller case is about SIMPLE POSSESSION. It is NOT POSSIBLE for nearly all ordinary citizens to POSSESS a handgun in DC.
I wouldn't object to banning carrying or use of grenades while intoxicated, for example, along the same lines as the DUI laws. But that's an entirely different matter than criminalizing simple possession.
What's wrong with criminalizing possession of an object? We do that all the time. Counterfeit money, for example. The theory being that these items may make their way into the public.
I believe that was the very reason used by the DC City Council when they passed the law. Are you saying that the citizens of Washington, DC, through their elected representatives, should not be allowed to decide this issue?
Gosh, the next thing you know they'll have to allow abortions. Wait a minute ....