Wolford v. Lopez · ¶39

The dissent applied the same test but came to the opposite conclusion, see id., at 747 (opinion of THOMAS, J.), exhibiting how Heller’s history-based methodology—true to the warning contained in that ground-breaking decision— is not mechanical, see 554 U. S., at 626–628, 635.

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