Abstract
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen puts the Court firmly in charge of U.S. firearms policy. The decision also marks the beginning of a new era in which constitutional litigation will replace state and federal legislation as the primary means of resolving deep and enduring disagreements over how to regulate guns.
The Court’s Bruen decision contrasts with its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overruling Roe v. Wade, where it declared that “the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives.” The Bruen decision greatly expands the authority of federal courts to overturn gun control legislation.
Repository Citation
Hillel Y. Levin and Timothy D. Lytton,
Firearms Regulation through Constitutional Litigation
Regul. Rev.
(2022),
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_artchop/1703
Originally available at The Regulatory Review.