United States v. Hemani · ¶44

The government's difficulties do not end with the “why” comparisons it invites us to make. They also extend to the “how.” “Even when a law regulates arms-bearing for a permissible reason,” we have said, “it may not be compatible with the [Second Amendment] if it does so to an extent beyond what was done at the founding.” Rahimi, 602 U. S., at 692. And the way habitual drunkard statutes worked in the past differs significantly from how § 922(g)(3)'s unlawful user provision works today.

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