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Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Sep. 26, 2024

A 9th Circuit panel draws lines on firearms in 'sensitive places'

In Wolford v. Lopez, the 9th Circuit assessed whether modern firearms regulations align with historical traditions, distinguishing between places existing since the Founding and newer locations.

George M. Lee

Partner Seiler Epstein LLP

Business and Strategic Litigation, Civil Rights, Civil Trials and Appeals

Phone: (415) 979-0500

Email: gml@seilerepstein.com

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In New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home. Bruen invalidated New York State's "proper cause" requirement for carrying arms in public for self-defense. More broadly, Bruen also repudiated the lower courts' methodology in Second Amendment cases. The means-ends scrutiny tests that had alm...

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