The Federal Appeals Court reversed the District Court's up holding of the DC hand gun ban.

This is great news for the law abiding citizens of the District of Columbia.

From the decision:

Silberman, Senior Circuit Judge: Appellants contest the district court's dismissal of their complaint alleging that the District of Columbia's gun control laws violate their Second Amendment rights. The court held that the Second Amendment ("A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the seurity of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed") does not bestow any rights on individuals except, perhaps, when an individual serves in an organized militia such as today's National Guard. We reverse.

You can read the entire decision here: United States Court of Appeals (For the District of Columbia Circuit) Decision No. 04-7041