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One notable expression of concern about Hayes and gun rights

By Douglas A. Berman

As of this writing, I have yet to see any public comments on the Hayes gun crime decision from the National Rifle Association or Second Amendment Foundation or on prominent legal blogs like Instapundit and The Volokh Conspiracy.  But I did come across this post at The Firearm Coalition, which provides this take on the import and impact of the Hayes ruling: Today's Supreme Court decision means that anyone who has ever been convicted of any misdemeanor crime of violence - to include threats of violence - even if there was no possible way for the threat to be carried out and even if the punishment for the crime was only a $25 fine - is barred from ever possessing firearms or ammunition for the rest of their life if the victim of their crime was a person within the perpetrators household...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 24, 2009 (boomark / email).