Constitutional Law—Fourth Circuit Applies Intermediate Scrutiny to Second Amendment Challenge—Woollard v. Gallagher, 712 F.3d 865 (4th Cir. 2013), cert. denied, 134 S. Ct. 422 (2013)

The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the right of an individual to possess a firearm independent of service in a militia, and to use that firearm for traditionally lawful purposes like self-defense. This right is not unlimited and does not obliterate certain prohibitions on individuals’ possession of firearms. Moreover, certain restrictions on the type of firearms individuals can possess have successfully withstood judicial scrutiny. . .