Serial numbers have been required for guns since the passage of the Gun Control Act of 1968 and are intended to prevent the illegal sale of guns and to allowing law enforcement to trace firearms.īut basing his ruling on the majority Supreme Court opinion written by Justice Clarence Thomas in June, Goodwin said Wednesday that requiring serial numbers is not part of the "historical tradition of firearm regulation" and therefore runs afoul of the Second Amendment. And so the Second Amendment confers a right to remove them from modern weapons." "Serial numbers were largely unknown to the Framers, Goodwin wrote. District Judge Joseph Goodwin, who was appointed to the Southern District of West Virginia by former Democratic President Bill Clinton, ruled against a federal law prohibiting people from possessing firearms with serial numbers that have been "altered, obliterated, or removed." Bruen that restrictions on firearms must fall within the so-called "historical tradition" of gun laws. Supreme Court's right wing majority, which ruled this year in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. ![]() Legal experts said Friday that a federal judge's ruling in West Virginia illustrates the danger posed by the U.S.
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