Analysis: How a SCOTUS Footnote Keeps Dooming Silencer Challenges [Member Exclusive]

Summary

Lower courts are reportedly utilizing a footnote from the Supreme Court's landmark *Bruen* decision, which recognized a constitutional right to carry firearms and set a new strict test for gun control, to repeatedly uphold silencer regulations. This interpretation thwarts gun-rights efforts to deregulate silencers, as evidenced by a recent ruling from a three-judge panel.