United States v. Bena

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing “a common-law tradition that the right to bear arms is limited to peaceable or virtuous citizens”
• recognizing “a common-law tradition that the right to bear arms is limited to peaceable or virtuous citizens”
• providing an extensive discussion of the longstanding prohibition of felons possessing firearms under the common law, federal statutes, and the Second Amendment
• “Scholarship suggests historical support for a common-law tradition that permits restrictions directed at citizens who are not law-abiding and responsible.”
• “It seems most likely that the Supreme Court viewed the regulatory measures listed in Heller as presumptively lawful because they do not infringe on the Second Amendment right.”
• “Congress enacted § 922(g)(8) in light of evidence that domestic violence presents a pervasive problem in American society.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).