History
In April of 2025, Wolford et al. petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari.
This followed the Ninth Circuit’s decision that a vampire law was constitutional. A vampire law is one in which you are not allowed to bring your firearm onto private property without express consent from the owner or the owner’s agent.
The good news is that the Second Circuit Court, in a rare moment of integrity to the Constitution, found the same law in New York State to be unconstitutional.
This created a circuit split. That plus this being a new attack vector on the people’s right to keep and bear arms made it an interesting case.
It was not as interesting, in my opinion, as the sensitive places and other cases pending before the court that were denied cert.
Cert Is Granted
On October 3rd, just days before the start of the new term, the Supreme Court of the United States took a Second Amendment case.
My mind is blown. I wasn’t even looking for anything in this case.
Pam Bondi’s DOJ had filed an amicus brief in favor of The People back in May.
Conclusion
We will have a briefing schedule shortly. Once that is available, I’ll do a deep dive into this case. This case has the makings of another Bruen.
While the question isn’t that big, the dicta surrounding the finding is likely to be a slap in the face to the inferior courts.
This will be one of the first cases the Supreme Court hears after the absolutely vicious statements given by the justices regarding the behavior of the inferior court’s attacks on the Trump administration.
I had a hunch that the whole “restricted and sensitive locations” issue would create a split in the District Courts.
Now, let’s hope (and lobby for) that Government be forced to justify each of their “restricted and sensitive locations” in writing, individually and post those areas as “Gun Free Zones”.