Legal Commentary

Seventh Circuit Will Rehear U.S. v. Skoien En Banc

By Eugene Volokh

That?s the case in which a unanimous Seventh Circuit panel vacated ? on Second Amendment grounds ? a conviction for gun possession by a misdemeanant convicted of domestic violence, and remanded for further proceedings to determine whether the government could show a ?reasonable fit? ?between this important objective [the government?s interest in protecting against domestic-violence gun injury and death] and § 922(g)(9)?s blanket ban on firearms possession by persons who have been convicted of a domestic-violence misdemeanor.? Thanks to Alice Marie Beard for the report.

Full post as published by The Volokh Conspiracy on February 23, 2010 (boomark / email).