Does a state have the authority to restrict the right to bear arms by felons and the mentally ill?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Cuomo, No. 14-319-cv, No. 14-36-cv (Lead), No. 14-37-cv (XAP) (2nd Cir. 2015):

107. Id. at 100. States are permitted to restrict the right to bear arms by felons and the mentally ill, while equivalent restrictions on the right to speech or religious freedoms among those populations would unquestionably be unconstitutional. Id.

108. City of Los Angeles v. Alameda Books, Inc., 535 U.S. 425, 438 (2002) (plurality).

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