Brian Schwalb, attorney general for the District of Columbia, center left, and Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, to his right, speak outside the federal courthouse, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024 in Washington. Three gun shops that sold dozens of firearms to a man who trafficked the weapons in and around Washington, D.C., are facing a new lawsuit filed jointly Tuesday by attorneys general for Maryland and the nation’s capital. (AP Photo/Lindsay Whitehurst)