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Firearm case law in the United States is based on decisions of the Supreme Court and other federal courts.Each of these decisions deals with the Second Amendment (which is a part of the Bill of Rights), the right to keep and bear arms, the Commerce Clause, the General Welfare Clause, and/or other federal firearms laws.
In a second case, the Supreme Court of Hawaii upheld a state requirement for having a permit to carry a gun in public, ruling that the recent decision of Bruen and other gun rights cases by the U.S. Supreme Court since Heller have turned against the "militia-centric" reading of the Second Amendment, and that "states retain the authority to ...
A federal judge denied a request to dismiss a gun charge against an illegal immigrant in Ohio, rejecting the man's claim that he has Second Amendment rights.
Here is a look at some of the cases the justices are due to decide. Another major gun rights dispute is coming to the justices as they are poised to decide whether a 1994 federal law that bars ...
The law, passed in 2022, helps states keep guns out of the hands of those deemed to be a danger to themselves or others. It also expanded federal background checks, enabling sellers to check state ...
United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. 680 (2024), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and whether it empowers the government to prohibit firearm possession by a person with a civil domestic violence restraining order in the absence of a corresponding criminal domestic violence conviction or charge.
District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States.It ruled that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms for traditionally lawful purposes such as self-defense within the home, and that the District of Columbia's handgun ban and requirement that lawfully owned rifles ...
The court has strongly backed the right to bear arms under the Constitution's Second Amendment, including in a major ruling in 2022, but the recent ruling indicated that some longstanding laws can ...