Schrader, et al v. Holder, Jr., et al, No. 11-5352 (D.C. Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff, together with the Second Amendment Foundation, contended that 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) was inapplicable to common-law misdemeanants as a class and, alternatively, that application of the statute to this class of individuals violated the Second Amendment. Plaintiff was convicted some forty years ago for common-law misdemeanor assault and battery and consequently was barred for life from ever possessing a firearm under section 922(g)(1). The court held that plaintiff's statutory arguments were unpersuasive and that disarmament of common-law misdemeanants as a class was substantially related to the important governmental objective of crime prevention. Therefore, the court rejected plaintiff's statutory and constitutional challenges, affirming the district court's dismissal of the action.
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