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DetroitLegalBeagle

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5. yea, the NY gun case
Tue Oct 25, 2022, 11:47 AM
Oct 2022

Thomas basically set the review standard for gun laws to be even worse the strict scrutiny. Its now "text, history, and tradition". No means testing at all. So any good effects of the law or compelling state interests, is ignored and not to be considered at all. The only thing that can be considered is whether the law is consistent with the historical tradition of firearms regulation. If the law doesn't have a historical analogue, then its not constitutional.

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