Supreme Court Passes on 2nd Amendment Challenge to Federal Gun Law

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The justices sent the case back to the 11th Circuit for a second look in light of a recent ruling.

The Supreme Court has sidestepped a challenge to a federal law prohibiting felons from possessing firearms.

Instead of scheduling oral argument in the case filed by Lorenzo Garod Pierre, on Oct. 21, the court granted the petition and immediately overturned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruling that Pierre was appealing.

The Supreme Court did not provide reasons for its decision. No justices dissented.

The Supreme Court directed the 11th Circuit to reconsider its ruling in Pierreโ€™s case in light of United States v. Rahimi, a decision the high court issued in June that the federal government said โ€œclarified the methodology for determining whether a firearms regulation complies with the Second Amendment.โ€

In Rahimi, the justices upheld Section 922(g)(8) of Title 18 of the U.S. Code, a federal law that bars people under domestic violence-related restraining orders from possessing firearms.

Specifically, they found that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution isnโ€™t violated when an individual is disarmed after a court has found him to pose a credible threat to the physical safety of another.

Pierre said in his petition that he was charged in July 2022 with violating Section 922(g)(1) of Title 18 of the U.S. Code for knowingly possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony. Court papers did not provide details of the prior felony conviction.

Pierre asked the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to throw out the felony-level indictment, arguing that it was โ€œunconstitutional in light ofโ€ New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, which the Supreme Court handed down in June 2022. In Bruen, the nationโ€™s highest court held that firearms restrictions must have a historical analogue and that the Second Amendment protects the right to bear arms in public for self-defense.

A magistrate judge filed a report that recommended denying the motion to dismiss. Magistrate judges are appointed to assist federal district judges.

Byย Matthew Vadum

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