The Third Circuit is poised to take up the 'sensitive places' question under the Second Amendment, according to a new column in Reason. The piece, part of the publication's Second Amendment Roundup, frames the issue as 'coming to a head' and points to the latest research as a key input for the court.
That research ties arms bans to comprehensive security, meaning restrictions on guns in certain locations may be evaluated against whether those locations actually provide robust protective measures. The column suggests the Third Circuit will benefit from this work as it considers where such bans are constitutionally permissible.
This analysis rests on a single source, so there is no independent reporting to corroborate or contradict it. The column does not predict a specific ruling, but it signals that the Third Circuit's handling of 'sensitive places' could be a defining moment in Second Amendment law.