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Thread: 20-843 New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen

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    20-843 New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen

    I'm still reading this through myself, but it sure seems like it warrants a mention on the forum:

    20-843 New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen (06/23/2022) (supremecourt.gov)

    The very short version of it so far as I see it: licensing laws and restrictions meant to effectively contradict the 2nd amendment are hopefully on the way out "because it says so in the Bill of Rights". The only shame here is the lower courts seem to have trouble interpreting the phrase "shall not be infringed".

    The longer story is I'm also working my way through "The Right to Keep and Bear Arms" and have to say it's been an invaluable introduction to a much deeper topic than I anticipated. I see references to all the cases and historical records I've been reading through in the book and feel better prepared to understand the full opinion.

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    This decision is momentous ... earth-shattering. It does several things:

    First, Heller established that the 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms is an individual right but, because the Heller case was about keeping a functional firearm in the home, that's what that decision affirmed. Since then lower courts have been playing the game that 'Heller says the RKBA only applies in the home." That's silly, of course, but that what they've been saying, and this decision destroys that argument entirely.

    Second, in RKBA cases following Heller and McDonald, lower courts have been using a means balancing test to decide cases, a test which is at best intermediate scrutiny but which many of them have tried to disguise as strict scrutiny. This decision absolutely eviscerates that little game.

    Read Justice Alito's concurring opinion. I predict you're going to love it.
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