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· 3/4/1909

Curvin v. Grimes

Citations

  • 132 Ky. 555
  • 116 S.W. 725
  • 1909 Ky. LEXIS 120

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that statute “affects the use of firearms that are both widespread and commonly • used for self-defense,” in view of the fact that “lawfully owned semiautomatic firearms using- a magazine with the capacity of greater than 15 rounds number in the tens of millions”
  • concluding that statute “affects the use of firearms that are both widespread and commonly used for self- defense,” in view of the fact that “lawfully owned semiautomatic firearms using a magazine with the capacity of greater than 15 rounds number in the tens of millions”
  • concluding that statute “affects the use of firearms that are both widespread and commonly used for self-defense,” in view of the fact that “lawfully owned semi-automatic firearms using a magazine with the capacity of greater than 15 rounds number in the tens of millions”
  • finding intermediate scrutiny applied to a ban on LCMs with more than fifteen rounds because, although touching the core right to bear arms for defense of self and home, it did not severely limit a person’s ability to keep arms for that purpose
  • finding intermediate scrutiny applied to a ban on LCMs with more than fifteen rounds because, although touching the core right to bear arms for defense of self and home, it did not severely limit a person’s ability to keep arms for that purpose
  • “[T]he presence of a scienter requirement can save an otherwise vague statute by mitigating a law’s vagueness and thus making the law constitutional.”

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Judges: Barker

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