Videos tagged with Lower Courts

This video discusses a Washington State Supreme Court ruling that upholds a ban on standard capacity magazines, defined as those holding more than 10 rounds. The court determined that such magazines are not considered 'arms' under the Second Amendment or the Washington State Constitution, nor are they an ancillary right necessary for firearm possession. The speaker criticizes this decision as arbitrary and calls for the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene to prevent further erosion of Second Amendment rights.

Mark Smith, a constitutional attorney and Second Amendment advocate, discusses his article in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy concerning how lower courts should analyze historical precedent in post-Bruin Second Amendment cases. He outlines a six-step process for evaluating gun control laws, emphasizing the importance of deriving principles from historical analog laws and applying 'third rails' to disqualify invalid principles that undermine the Second Amendment's purpose or convert founders into criminals.