Opinion ID: 2052321
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Heading: Constitutional Challenges to Weapons Statutes

Text: Appellant argues for the first time on appeal that his convictions of UPA and PUF should be vacated on constitutional grounds. Specifically, he contends that the statutes under which he was convicted effect an almost total prohibition on the possession of any type of firearm or ammunition by a citizen of the District of Columbia, and therefore, unconstitutionally infringe upon his rights under the Second Amendment and his due process and equal protections rights under the Fifth Amendment. We have had occasion to reject as waived such belated constitutional challenges. See Hager v. United States, 856 A.2d 1143, 1151 (D.C.2004) (citing Mitchell v. United States, 746 A.2d 877, 885 n. 11 (D.C.2000)). However, even on the merits, appellant can not prevail because his challenges are foreclosed by this court's binding precedents. [13] See Sandidge v. United States, 520 A.2d 1057, 1058 (D.C.) (rejecting a Second Amendment challenge to the PUF and UPA statutes), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 868, 108 S.Ct. 193, 98 L.Ed.2d 145 (1987); see also Hager, 856 A.2d at 1151 (noting Second and Fifth Amendment challenges foreclosed by Sandidge and Austin v. United States, 847 A.2d 391, 393 (D.C.) (rejecting due process challenge), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 125 S.Ct. 185, 160 L.Ed.2d 161 (2004)). For the foregoing reasons, the judgment appealed from here is Affirmed.