Gun control advocates seize on new arguments to target gun rights

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What we know

Gun control advocates are reportedly developing new arguments in their efforts to restrict gun rights. The Bearing Arms coverage examines these emerging strategies and their potential impact on Second Amendment protections.

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⚖ The Constitutional Angle

Bruen sets the rule any gun regulation must meet today: when the Second Amendment's text covers the conduct, the government must justify its restriction by showing it fits the Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation. Rahimi shows one path that survives, temporarily disarming someone a court found to be a credible threat. Any new argument targeting gun rights stands or falls on that history test.

New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Kevin P. Bruen, Superintendent of New York State Police 597 U.S. 1 (2022)

Vote: 6-3 · Opinion: Thomas

New York's requirement that applicants demonstrate 'proper cause' — a special need for self-protection distinguishable from the general community — to obtain an unrestricted public-carry license violates the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their Second Amendment…

United States v. Zackey Rahimi 602 U.S. 680 (2024)

Vote: 8-1 · Opinion: Roberts (C.J.)

When an individual has been found by a court to pose a credible threat to the physical safety of another, that individual may be temporarily disarmed consistent with the Second Amendment. 18 U.S.C.

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