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The "Silent Six" states worth watching for post-McDonald Second Amendment litigation

By Douglas A. Berman

Back in October 2009 the Supreme Court accepted cert in the McDonald case, I asked in this post "What state and local issues will be litigated the most if (when?) Heller is incorporated?".  Though that post did not generate many responses, I suspect this question is now on the minds of many government lawyers who may be tasked with having to defend state and local gun regulations against new Second Amendment attacks in the wake of McDonald. Though a diverse array of gun regulations will likely be subject to a diverse array of post-McDonald Second Amendment attacks in lower courts, I will be watching most closely how Second Amendment litigation unfolds in the six states that lack any state constitutional provisions concerning arms or gun rights: California, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey and New York...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 29, 2010 (boomark / email).