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· 5/7/2012

United States v. Huitron-Guizar

Citations

  • 678 F.3d 1164
  • 2012 WL 1573565
  • 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 9256

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that the right to bear arms “is qualified by what one might call the ‘who,’ ‘what,’ ‘where,’ ‘when,’ and ‘why’”
  • declining to address a “large and complicated” Second Amendment issue whose resolution involved a “textual-historical inquiry [that was] unaddressed in the parties’ briefs, []or . . . in the record”
  • refusing to determine whether unlawful aliens are within the scope of the Second Amendment and instead assuming it for the second part of the analysis
  • declining to reach the issue because § 922(g)(5) passes intermediate scrutiny in any case
  • concluding “§ 922(g)(5) withstands [the defendant’s] Second Amendment” challenge
  • refusing to determine whether unlawful aliens are within the scope of the Second Amendment and instead assuming it for the second part of 42 UNITED STATES V. SINGH the analysis

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Judges: Briscoe, Holloway, Kelly

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