DC Brings 2nd Amendment Challenge to the Supremes

This will be interesting. DC is appealing a recent court decision that struck down DC's 30-year handgun ban. The law makes it illegal for DC residents to have handguns in their homes. I agree with the appellate court that this ban is unconstitutional, violating the second amendment, which says:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Some say this amendment only applies to "militias," in my view, "the right of the people" wording and legal precedent at the time the Bill of Rights was passed which was that individuals could be legally armed suggests otherwise.

At any rate, how has the handgun ban been working out? You can see the map of DC and murders between 2004-2006 below, courtesy of Wikipedia. The red or solid dots were killings committed by guns.