Eugene Robinson Claims the Court Has Just Told D.C. to ‘Shoot it Out’ on Guns

Court Says 'Shoot It Out': Eugene Robinson's Twisted Take on DC Ruling Upholding 2nd Amendment (NewsBusters)

Everyone knows how safe the streets of Washington, DC are [where as of 2010 violent crime was three times the national average], and how DC criminals scrupulously respect the District's very restrictive gun-control laws. So of course the last thing you would want is to permit law-abiding citizens to exercise their Constitutional rights to keep and bear arms.  Why, that would only lead to the Gunfight at the DC Corral.  No, better to keep all the guns in the hands of criminals.  

Such seems to be Eugene Robinson's logic.  On today's Morning Joe, the Washington Post columnist bemoaned a federal judge's ruling that DC's total ban on public carry is unconstitutional.  According to Robinson, "Congress and the courts are essentially saying no, go ahead, shoot it out."