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Whether convicted felons have Second Amendment rights based on Supreme Court precedent interpreting 'the people' and 'law-abiding citizens'
Do convicted felons have Second Amendment rights , in light of this Court’s interpretation of “the people” in District of Columbia v. Heller , 554 U.S. 570, 59295 (2008) , its references to the Second Amendment rights of “law -abiding citizens” in Heller, 554 U.S. at 625, 635, and in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen , 597 U.S. 1, 29-31 (2022) , and its dicta regarding the presumptive lawfulness of “longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons” in Heller , 554 U.S. at 627-628, n.26, and in McDonald v. Chicago , 561 U.S. 742 , 786 (2010) ? ii INTERESTED PARTIES Pursuant to Sup. Ct. R. 14.1(b)(i), Mr. Lowe submits that there are no