2nd Amendment
“The Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen has dramatically reshaped Second Amendment jurisprudence. That decision, bucking precedent, created an entirely new, history-based standard for adjudicating the constitutionality of firearms restrictions and has led to a flurry of challenges to long-standing local, state, and federal gun laws. Among these…
This article traces the history of racist gun laws and how they interact with the Second Amendment, highlighting the racially disproportionate impact of gun charges on Black and Latine communities. Relevant language from the article includes: “As the courts increasingly look to history and tradition to determine the scope of the right to keep and…
This brief by the Black Attorneys of Legal Aid, Bronx Defenders, and Brooklyn Defenders was filed in support of petitioners in the Bruen case. The brief points to the racialized history of denying Black and Latine people lawful licenses to carry guns and outlines racial disparities in gun possession cases. Amici submit this brief “because we…
