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1 Kathrina Szymborski Wolfkot & Chihiro Isozaki, Case Trends: State Courts Grapple with Gun Rights 1 (2026)

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Case Trends: State Courts Grapple with

Gun Rights

Multiple courts last year upheld state laws that restricted the

right to bear arms. Courts also struggled to interpret related

U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

By Kathrina Szymborski Wolfkot, Chihiro Isozaki

Published: January 27, 2026

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You're reading our series on 2025 state constitutional trends. All cases are available in
our curated State Case Database.

State courts considered an array of questions related to gun rights in 2025. Multiple
courts - including in Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, and Washington - upheld restrictions on
firearms under both state and federal right-to-bear-arms provisions. These courts
frequently struggled to interpret the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Second

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