Second Amendment Madness courtesy NYSRPA v. Bruen

Professor Harold J. Krent of the Chicago-Kent College of Law joins Robert to discuss a recent 5th Circuit opinion holding that, under N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, a federal statute prohibiting an individual subject to a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a firearm violates the Second Amendment.

Professor Krent is the former dean of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he teaches in the areas of constitutional law, appellate courts, legislation, and administrative law.  

Opinions and cases discussed:

• NYSRPA v. Bruen (U.S. Supreme Court)
• U.S. v. Rahimi (5th Circuit)
• Hardaway v. Nigrelli  (federal district court strikes down New York’s restriction on carrying firearms in houses of worship).
• U.S. v. Price, (federal judge held that the longstanding federal law barring individuals from possessing firearms with obliterated serial numbers violated the Second Amendment).
• U.S. v. Bullock, (federal judge faced with a Second Amendment challenge to the federal ban on felons possessing firearms issued an order asking whether he should appoint a historian to assist in evaluating the law’s constitutionality). 
• U.S. v. Harrison, (federal law prohibiting marijuana users from possessing firearms violates the Second Amendment). 

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