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United States second amendmentassault weapons

Inc. v. Cuomo

804 F.3d 242 (2d Cir. 2015)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Year2015
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

New York's and Connecticut's post-Sandy Hook bans on semiautomatic 'assault weapons' and large-capacity magazines burden the Second Amendment but survive intermediate scrutiny as substantially related to the important public-safety interest in reducing gun violence, though a discrete load-limit provision and a ban on one non-semiautomatic rifle fail.

Area of Law

General

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