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gun control
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The Right Coast
Are Guns to Blame? Trump s Shooting Ignites More Debate – WSJ
Assassination attempts against U.S. presidents have led to major gun laws, but the July 13 shooting at a rally for former President Donald Trump appears unlikely to be a pivotal…
The Right Coast
Maine Governor’s Office Flagged Gun Rights Group’s Online Post to State Police
Back in December, during an interview with a local NBC affiliate about blunders by official in the lead-up to the Lewiston mass shooting, Maine Gov. Janet Mills left the door…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Noting just some of the continuing litigation and uncertainty about gun rights after <em>Rahimi</em>
This week has brought some new press pieces capturing some of the uncertainty about Second Amendment limits on federal criminal prohibtions of gun possessiom after the Supreme Court's ruling last…
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Blog
PA Superior Court: Police May Temporarily Seize Gun in Plain View During Traffic Stop
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided the case of Commonwealth v. Hawkins-Davenport, holding that if the police see a gun in plain…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Surpeme Court grants cert on First Step resentencing, GVRs gun issues, and lots of statements in (final?) order list
I am already way, way behind on my Supreme Court reading, and the Justices this morning via this order list gave us all another 53 pages of SCOTUS copy to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New post-<em>Rahimi</em> SG filing urges SCOTUS to "grant plenary review to resolve Section 922(g)(1)’s constitutionality"
In this post yesterday, I highlighted why the Supreme Court's Second Amendment ruling in US v. Rahimi (basics here), did not make it any easier to figure out if the most prosecuted federal…
Criminal
After <em>Rahimi</em>, can Donald Trump legally possess a gun? How about Hunter Biden?
For criminal law practitioners, as well as for those who take constitutional gun rights seriously, the provision of federal criminal gun control that was upheld by the Supreme Court in…
Family Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court upholds law banning domestic abusers from owning guns
By Family Law
From USA Today:The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law banning domestic abusers from owning guns, showing that a conservative court that has expanded gun rights also sees areas for…
Supreme Court Update
Office of the United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC (No. 22-1238)
By Tadhg Dooley, David R. Roth
This morning, the Court announced five decisions, all of which are heavily divided, at least as to the analysis: United States v. Rahimi (No. 22-915), an 8-1 decision written by…
Chicago Criminal Law Blog
Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Ban on Gun Bump Stocks
US Supreme Court Rules Devices Used on Semi-Automatic Guns are Legal In an update to our previous coverage over the United States Supreme Court’s handling of federal gun laws, the…