State ex rel. J.M.’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 8 state decisions

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1. “[T]he voters’ ratification of strict scrutiny as a review standard of alleged infringements on the right to keep and bear arms was not meant to invalidate every restriction on firearms, whether in existence at the time the amendment was ratified or yet to be enacted. Rather, the strict scrutiny standard, adopted by the voters “is designed to provide a framework for carefully examining the importance and sincerity of the reasons advanced by the governmental decision- maker” for firearm regulation -within the context of the fundamental right to keep and bear arms. Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306, 327 , 123 S.Ct. 2325 , 156 L.Ed.2d 304 (2003)— Strict scrutiny requires a careful examination by our courts, keeping in mind that the fundamental right at issue is one where some degree of regulation is likely to be necessary to protect the public safety. Grutter, 539 U.S. at 327 , 123 S.Ct. 2325 (in a strict scrutiny analysis, “context matters.”).”

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