These 25 decisions form the recent case-law library for Gun Felony. Twenty-four were decided from 2024 through 2026, with Bruen (2022) included because its text-and-history test directly frames the modern decisions that followed.
Case-law warning: Circuit decisions can conflict. A decision from another circuit may be persuasive but not binding in your jurisdiction, and later Supreme Court decisions can change the analysis.
2026
| Case | Court / citation | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| United States v. Hemani Jun. 18, 2026 |
U.S. Supreme Court 608 U.S. ___ (2026) |
Hemani is the newest Supreme Court decision narrowing a federal prohibited-person category. The Court emphasized that its decision was narrow and did not decide the constitutionality of § 922(g)(1), laws targeting addicts or presently intoxicated people, or prosecutions supported by individualized proof of dangerousness. |
| Wolford v. Lopez Jun. 25, 2026 |
U.S. Supreme Court 609 U.S. ___ (2026) |
Wolford is a major post-Bruen decision about the boundary between public carry rights and private-property rules. It does not eliminate an owner’s right to exclude firearms from private property. |
| Kipke v. Moore Jan. 20, 2026 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit 165 F.4th 194 (4th Cir. 2026) |
Kipke is one of the broadest recent appellate applications of Bruen and Rahimi to sensitive-place restrictions and private-property default rules. |
| Christian v. James May. 18, 2026 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Nos. 24-2847, 25-384 (2d Cir. May 18, 2026) |
Christian provides a final-merits appellate treatment of two major post-Bruen location restrictions and reinforces the distinction between private property open to the public and historically sensitive locations. |
2025
| Case | Court / citation | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| NRA v. Bondi Mar. 14, 2025 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, en banc 133 F.4th 1108 (11th Cir. 2025) |
The decision is a leading appellate treatment of age-based firearm acquisition restrictions and demonstrates how courts use historical analogues after Rahimi. |
| Bondi v. VanDerStok Mar. 26, 2025 |
U.S. Supreme Court 604 U.S. ___ (2025) |
The case preserved substantial federal regulation of commercially sold ghost-gun kits and clarified that statutory firearm definitions can reach products designed or readily convertible into functioning firearms. |
| Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos Jun. 5, 2025 |
U.S. Supreme Court 605 U.S. 280 (2025) |
The case is a major modern interpretation of PLCAA and the statutory predicate exception used in civil litigation against firearm manufacturers and sellers. |
| United States v. Duarte May. 9, 2025 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, en banc 137 F.4th 743 (9th Cir. 2025) |
Duarte is one of the major post-Bruen circuit decisions rejecting a nonviolent-felon challenge to the federal felon-in-possession statute. |
| Zherka v. Bondi Jun. 9, 2025 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 140 F.4th 68 (2d Cir. 2025) |
Zherka deepened the circuit disagreement over how much individualized Second Amendment review is available to people with nonviolent felony convictions. |
| Vincent v. Bondi Feb. 11, 2025 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit 127 F.4th 1263 (10th Cir. 2025) |
Vincent is a key post-Rahimi appellate decision sustaining the federal felon-in-possession law for a nonviolent felony conviction. |
| United States v. Dubois Jun. 2, 2025 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 139 F.4th 887 (11th Cir. 2025) |
Dubois makes broad felon-in-possession Second Amendment challenges especially difficult in the Eleventh Circuit and is repeatedly cited in 2026 appellate decisions. |
| United States v. Quiroz Jan. 9, 2025 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 125 F.4th 713 (5th Cir. 2025) |
Quiroz is a major post-Bruen decision sustaining an indictment-based federal firearm restriction and continues to control later Fifth Circuit cases. |
| Lara v. Commissioner Pennsylvania State Police Jan. 13, 2025 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 125 F.4th 428 (3d Cir. 2025) |
Lara is an important counterpoint to appellate decisions sustaining some under-21 firearm restrictions and illustrates the continuing circuit disagreement over age-based gun laws. |
2024
| Case | Court / citation | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Range v. Attorney General Dec. 23, 2024 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, en banc 124 F.4th 218 (3d Cir. 2024) |
Range is the most prominent appellate decision granting an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to § 922(g)(1), and it stands in tension with several other circuits. |
| United States v. Williams Sep. 18, 2024 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 113 F.4th 637 (6th Cir. 2024) |
Williams is especially important for Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee because it supplies the Sixth Circuit’s current framework for felony firearm challenges. |
| United States v. Diaz Sep. 18, 2024 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 116 F.4th 458 (5th Cir. 2024) |
Diaz is a leading Fifth Circuit authority on felony firearm challenges and is repeatedly used to reject later § 922(g)(1) claims. |
| United States v. Hunt Dec. 18, 2024 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit 123 F.4th 697 (4th Cir. 2024) |
Hunt is a major post-Rahimi felon-disarmament case for Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. |
| United States v. Rahimi Jun. 21, 2024 |
U.S. Supreme Court 602 U.S. 680 (2024) |
Rahimi clarified Bruen: modern gun laws need not be historical twins, but must be relevantly similar to the principles reflected in the nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation. |
| Garland v. Cargill Jun. 14, 2024 |
U.S. Supreme Court 602 U.S. 406 (2024) |
Cargill invalidated ATF’s bump-stock rule on statutory grounds and reinforced that major firearm restrictions must fit the text Congress enacted. |
| Erlinger v. United States Jun. 21, 2024 |
U.S. Supreme Court 602 U.S. 821 (2024) |
Erlinger changed the procedure for one of the most consequential facts that can trigger ACCA’s 15-year mandatory minimum in a federal felon-in-possession case. |
| Maryland Shall Issue, Inc. v. Moore Aug. 23, 2024 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, en banc 116 F.4th 211 (4th Cir. 2024) |
The case is a major post-Bruen decision on purchaser licensing and the distinction between shall-issue licensing requirements and discretionary carry restrictions. |
| Bianchi v. Brown Aug. 6, 2024 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, en banc 111 F.4th 438 (4th Cir. 2024) |
Bianchi is a leading post-Bruen appellate decision sustaining a state assault-weapon prohibition. |
| Antonyuk v. James Oct. 24, 2024 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 120 F.4th 941 (2d Cir. 2024) |
Antonyuk is one of the most extensive appellate applications of Bruen and Rahimi to modern carry licensing and sensitive-place laws. |
| Hanson v. District of Columbia Oct. 29, 2024 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 120 F.4th 223 (D.C. Cir. 2024) |
Hanson is a major post-Bruen appellate decision on magazine-capacity limits and historical analogues for regulations responding to modern firearm technology and mass-casualty concerns. |
2022 / foundational modern test
| Case | Court / citation | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen Jun. 23, 2022 |
U.S. Supreme Court 597 U.S. 1 (2022) |
Bruen reshaped virtually every modern Second Amendment lawsuit, including challenges to felon-in-possession, drug-user, age, sensitive-place, licensing, magazine, and weapon restrictions. |
Cases most relevant to felony gun rights
Range, Williams, Diaz, Hunt, Duarte, Zherka, Vincent, and Dubois are especially important to current § 922(g)(1) challenges. Hemani is important to the limits of another prohibited-person category, while Erlinger materially changed the jury procedure for ACCA’s separate-occasions question. Older controlling cases such as Rehaif remain discussed in the federal statute guides even though this library is focused on recent decisions.