So there's at least one advantage for DC in not being a state:

[Theophylact]

Court upholds District of Columbia gun law prohibiting handguns

Walton ruled that the Second Amendment is not a broad-based right of gun ownership.

"The Second Amendment does not confer an individual a right to possess firearms. Rather, the Amendment's objective is to ensure the vitality of state militias," Walton wrote. ...

...He also ruled that the Second Amendment does not apply to the district because it was intended to protect state citizens, and the district is not a state. (emphasis added)

[Uncle Bob]

Could also be viewed as a DIS advantage.

[Theophylact]

By some, by some...

[J-Excel]

So then D.C. doesn't have the right to free speech either.

[RADAR1797]

And thankfully DC cannot contribute to the election of a president or representation in Congress.

-RADAR

[Warthog]

Technically I don't live in DC *whew*....I feel safer.

Warthog

[Theophylact]

Originally posted by RADAR1797
And thankfully DC cannot contribute to the election of a president or representation in Congress.

-RADAR

Well, it's true we don't have representation in Congress; that's what our motto, "Taxation Without Representation" is about. But, thanks to the 23rd Amendment, we do have three electoral votes.

Nyah, nyah.