The 9th Circuit has refused to side with gun-show promoters who have waged a lengthy fight against Alameda County, Calif., over a gun ban. But the plaintiffs’ Second Amendment arguments aren’t completely doomed.
In an important Second Amendment decision that charts a course for evaluating the validity of gun laws now that the Supreme Court has declared the right to be an individual one, the 3rd Circuit has refused to strike down a federal law that bans possession of guns with obliterated serial numbers.
The Supreme Court on Monday expanded the Second Amendment’s reach to the states, opening the door to challenges of local handgun laws across the country. In McDonald v