Gun license reciprocity
Johnson v. Jacobson
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Jeffrey M. Johnson asked the Supreme Court to review his dispute with Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jacobson over whether people need a separate firearm license in each state and whether states may refuse to recognize licenses from other states.
- Who it affects
- The Court issued no ruling on the licensing and license-recognition questions in Johnson’s case.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Court refused to hear the case (denied review), so it did not decide those questions.
Johnson’s petition raised questions about state firearm licensing and out-of-state licenses under the Court’s 2022 Bruen decision.
Question presented
1. Whether Americans must obtain a firearm license from each state to exercise their Second Amendment rights across the Nation. 2. Whether state firearm license reciprocity statutes that do not recognize firearm licenses issued by all other states are valid under N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022).
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