Seventh Circuit Will Rehear U.S. v. Skoien En Banc

That’s the case in which a unanimous Seventh Circuit panel vacated — on Second Amendment grounds — a conviction for gun possession by a misdemeanant convicted of domestic violence, and remanded for further proceedings to determine whether the government could show a “reasonable fit” “between this important objective [the government’s interest in protecting against domestic-violence gun injury and death] and § 922(g)(9)’s blanket ban on firearms possession by persons who have been convicted of a domestic-violence misdemeanor.” Thanks to Alice Marie Beard for the report. Copyright © 2010 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes the page you are viewing an infringement of the copyright. (Digital Fingerprint: )

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