Three Gun Rights Cases Before the Supreme Court You Should Know About

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Gun rights advocates claim the governmentโ€™s gun control agenda will fail in high-profile legal actions that bring up federal overreach and the First Amendment.

Both sides of the Second Amendment debate will be watching the U.S. Supreme Court closely in 2024 as it applies the standards from previous decisions to new high-profile cases.

In the 2022 New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen decision, the Supreme Court ruled that, to be constitutional, new gun laws must match the plain text of the Constitution and the โ€œhistory and traditionโ€ of the United States.

โ€œThe test that … applies today requires courts to assess whether modern firearms regulations are consistent with the Second Amendmentโ€™s text and historical understanding,โ€ Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the majority in June 2022.

One of the first major post-Bruen cases, United States v. Rahimi has court watchers curious about how Bruen will be applied. The high court heard oral arguments on Rahimi on Nov. 7, 2023.

Federal law currently bars those who are under domestic violence restraining orders from possessing guns. The Supreme Court in the Rahimi case will decide if it stays or goes.

Gun control advocates say the โ€œtext and traditionโ€ standard of the Bruen decision, if applied in Rahimi, would allow violent abusers access to guns, resulting in the deaths of domestic violence victims.

โ€œThe Supreme Court must reverse this dangerous [Bruen] ruling,โ€ Janet Carter, senior director of issues and appeals at Everytown Law, wrote on the Everytown for Gun Safety website. โ€œDomestic abusers do not haveโ€”and should not haveโ€”the constitutional right to possess a firearm.โ€

Gun rights advocates say the Rahimi case has been mischaracterized as an attempt to arm violent criminals when itโ€™s really about protecting society without preemptively suspending constitutional rights.

โ€œItโ€™s going to answer one issue, which is, do we as a country have a historical tradition of disarming people that we believe to be dangerous?โ€ William Kirk, a Washington state-based lawyer who specializes in the Second Amendment, told The Epoch Times.

โ€œAnd the answer is, โ€˜Yes, we do.โ€™โ€

Byย Michael Clements

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