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Gun-control activists and hostile state officials are regrouping after major Second Amendment defeats in Hawaii and New Jersey. The reactions to Wolford and Cheeseman show that the anti-gun lobby will keep fighting even after its restrictions are ruled unconstitutional.
After striking down Hawaii’s “vampire rule” in Wolford, the Supreme Court again refused to settle whether 1791 or 1868 controls the Second Amendment’s historical test.
The Seventh Circuit has upheld Illinois’ ban on AR-15s and standard magazines, doubling down on Bevis just days after the Supreme Court agreed to hear Viramontes and Grant. Chief Judge Brennan warned the court is allowing Illinois to ban “the best-selling rifle in America and its standard mag...
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a major Second Amendment case over AR-15-platform rifles, but the real impact could reach far beyond so-called “assault weapon” bans.
A Seventh Circuit panel led by Judge Frank Easterbrook signaled that lifetime gun bans for people once committed to a mental institution may require proof of present dangerousness.
Virginia tried to pull four separate challenges to its new gun-control laws into one courtroom. A judicial panel rejected the move, ruling the cases are too different and too far along to justify transfer.