LOADING ERROR LOADINGThe Supreme Court’s decision Friday to uphold a 30-year-old law barring domestic abusers from possessing guns came as no surprise. AdvertisementBut the Rahimi decision has implications that go beyond a single defendant or a single law. Historical gun regulations and modern ones simply need to share the same guiding principle, he wrote. If there’s a broad takeaway to pair those concurring opinions with Roberts’, it’s that the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment standard is still evolving. While the conservative-dominated Supreme Court may endorse a more expansive view of gun rights than it has in the past, the Rahimi decision made clear that Thomas is the high court’s only Second Amendment absolutist.

Source: Huffington Post June 25, 2024 05:29 UTC