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The D.C. Circuit Court will be charged with writing the injunction against existing D.C. laws based on the decision handed down in Heller. This is likely to take a month or two. This is important, since it was that Court that originally overturned the D.C. laws as flatly unconstitutional. They will have the say as to what part of current D.C. code needs to go.
Granted, D.C. can try to put new laws in effect, but since they will be under great scrutiny as to how they deal with this, and the most immediate remedy to any shenanigans on their part will be the self-same D.C. Circuit Court, Fenty may not be able to foot-drag quite as much as he'd like.
I think sales are the big issue. You need an FFL dealer for a transfer across state lines, or to sell in D.C. Where are legal guns going to come from, even if they are technically allowed to be registered? Are there any FFLs in D.C. who could sell or transfer guns to law-abiding citizens?
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“What is a moderate interpretation of [the Constitution]? Halfway between what it says and [...] what you want it to say?”
—Justice Antonin Scalia
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