![]() ![]() Goodwin upheld the federal rules barring felons from possessing firearms. Wednesday’s ruling was a partial victory for an Ohio man, Randy Price, who had felony offenses of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated robbery. “While I recognize there is an argument … that firearms with an obliterated serial number are likely to be used in violent crime and therefore a prohibition on their possession is desirable, that argument is the exact type of means-end reasoning the Supreme Court has forbidden me from considering.” ![]() “A firearm without a serial number in 1791 was certainly not considered dangerous or unusual compared to other firearms because serial numbers were not required or even commonly used at that time,” Goodwin wrote. The Second Amendment was adopted along with the rest of the Bill of Rights in 1791. “Any modern regulation that does not comport with the historical understanding of the right is to be deemed unconstitutional, regardless of how desirable or important that regulation may be in our modern society,” Goodwin wrote on Wednesday. But Bruen and Thomas’ new test changed the game, Goodwin said. Bruen last summer, the provision of the law in question would be allowed. ![]() ![]() Goodwin, a nominee of President Bill Clinton, wrote that before the Supreme Court decided New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. This summer, in an opinion written by Justice Clarence Thomas, the Supreme Court said that a gun regulation had to be justified by demonstrating that the law is “consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.” How the Supreme Court put gun control laws in jeopardy nationwide The Senate confirmed Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court today by a vote of 52-48. Supreme Court Associate Justice on the South Lawn of the White House Octoin Washington, DC. WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 26: Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas attends the ceremonial swearing-in ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett to be the U.S. ![]()
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