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Gun Control & RKBA

TeddyR

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2. The standard of review

Reply to branford (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2016, 09:18 PM

Feb 2016

Applied to the law is an important issue, and in some senses dispositive. The Supreme Court in Heller didn't say which standard applied, but I would argue that -- as the 4th Circuit held -- the strict standard of review should apply, just like it does when any state passes a law that impedes a constitutionally protected right.

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