Shapiro graduated from law school at the University of Florida , was trained by the United States Attorney in Washington , D.C. and subsequently prosecuted First Amendment related cases for the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia . He prosecuted unlawful protestors who demonstrated at the United States Capitol and White House , including Code Pink activist Desiree Ali-Fairooz who was accused of assaulting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a committee hearing in the United States House of Representatives . After the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting , Shapiro authored a column for '' The Wall Street Journal '' , revealing his criticisms of gun control based on the ineffectiveness of the 1976 District of Columbia gun ban , which was struck down by the Supreme Court of the United States in District of Columbia v. Heller . In 2012 , Shapiro assisted Los Angeles civil rights lawyer Conal Doyle while he was trying a case in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against the federal government for denying proper medical care to an undocumented immigrant detained in the San Diego Correctional Facility . He currently practices law in California , Florida and Washington , D.C
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Jeffrey Scott Shapiro