Recent Decisions

The Everytown Center for the Defense of Gun Safety tracks Second Amendment cases in courts across the country. This page provides brief summaries of recent decisions in selected cases, along with links to the decisions. New decisions are added approximately every two weeks. Sign up here to receive these updates by email. Earlier decisions are available here. Please get in touch with any questions you might have about these cases, or any other issues you may confront in defending gun safety laws against Second Amendment challenges.

Updates from April 9, 2026

Waiting Periods

1. Beckwith v. Frey, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 914624 (1st Cir. Apr. 3, 2026): First Circuit upholds Maine’s 72-hour waiting period law at text step of Bruen–Rahimi framework, holding that the law’s authorization of  “a modest delay on the acquisition of a firearm” does not infringe the Second Amendment right

Background Checks and Licensing

1. Gazzola v. James, No. 1:22-cv-01134, 2026 WL 809751 (N.D.N.Y. Mar. 24, 2026): rejects challenge to New York’s ammunition background check and semiautomatic rifle license requirements at text step of Bruen-Rahimi framework, holding that plaintiffs had failed to allege that “any of the challenged provisions—individually or collectively—meaningfully constrain an individual’s right to keep and bear arms”

Sensitive Places

1. Nastri v. Bondi, No. 3:24-cv-00222, 2026 WL 821682 (D. Conn. Mar. 25, 2026): upholds 18 U.S.C. § 930(a) (prohibition on firearms in federal facilities) as applied to post offices at history step of Bruen-Rahimi framework, concluding that “modern post offices are quintessentially crowded public places, akin to the ‘fairs, markets,’ and other public forums where firearms were historically regulated”

Prohibited Persons

1. United States v. Prince, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 905432 (7th Cir. Apr. 2, 2026): Seventh Circuit holds 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (federal felony prohibitor) facially constitutional, explaining that “all courts that have addressed the question since Bruen agree … that § 922(g)(1) is valid in many applications and cannot be declared unconstitutional ‘on its face’”
2. United States v. Watson, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 905433 (7th Cir. Apr. 2, 2026): Seventh Circuit rejects as-applied challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) in the case of defendant with a prior felony conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, concluding that “individuals convicted of dangerous felonies pose a risk to society and may be disarmed consistent with the Second Amendment”; declines to decide whether an individual with a non-dangerous felony can be disarmed 
3. Karwacki v. Kaul, --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 905431 (7th Cir. Apr. 2, 2026): Seventh Circuit affirms dismissal of facial and as-applied Second Amendment challenge, as well as Full Faith and Credit Clause challenge, to Wisconsin’s denial of concealed carry permit to individual with a prior military misdemeanor conviction for drug distribution