STATE v. MISCH

No. 19-266.

256 A.3d 519 (2021)

2021 VT 10

STATE of Vermont v. Max MISCH.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

February 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Donovan, Jr. , Attorney General, Benjamin D. Battles , Solicitor General, and Ultan Doyle , David Boyd , and Eleanor L.P. Spottswood , Assistant Attorneys General, Montpelier, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Matthew Valerio , Defender General, Rebecca Turner , Appellate Defender, and Carly Orozco , Law Clerk (On the Brief), Montpelier, for Defendant-Appellee.

David J. Haber , Unaffiliated Private Citizen, Burlington, Amicus Curiae.

Tristram J. Coffin , Jennifer McDonald and William T. Clark of Downs Rachlin Martin, PLLC, Burlington, Bridget C. Asay and Michael Donofrio of Stris & Maher LLP, Montpelier, J. Adam Skaggs of Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, New York, New York, and Hannah Shearer of Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, San Francisco, California, for Amici Curiae Giffords Law Center, Vermont Medical Society, and Gun Sense Vermont.

Jonathan T. Rose of Dunkiel Saunders Elliott Raubvogel & Hand, PLLC, Burlington, Karl A. Racine , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Loren L. Alikhan , Solicitor General, Caroline S. Van Zile , Deputy Solicitor General, and Sonya L. Lebsack , Assistant Attorney General, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae District of Columbia, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Washington.

O. Whitman Smith of Mickenberg, Dunn, Lachs & Smith, PLC, Burlington, and Eric Tirschwell , William J. Taylor, Jr. , and Mark Anthony Frassetto of Everytown Law (On the Brief), New York, New York, for Amicus Curiae Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund.

Stephen Coteus of Tarrant, Gillies & Richardson, Montpelier, Jonathan E. Lowy and Kelly Sampson of Brady, Washington, DC, Mark D. Selwyn , Arthur W. Coviello , and Kevin O'Brien of Wilmerhale LLP, Palo Alto, California, Lauren Fletcher of Wilmerhale LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, and Jon C. Weingart of Wilmerhale LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Brady and Brady Vermont.

Ethan A Fenn , Law Office of Ethan A. Fenn, PLC, Burlington, Joseph G.S. Greenlee of Firearms Policy Coalition, Sacramento, California, David B. Kopel of Independence Institute, Denver, Colorado, and Ilya Shapiro and Trevor Burrus of Cato Institute, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Cato Institute, Firearms Policy Coalition, Firearms Policy Foundation, and Independence Institute.

Clark Bensen of Polidata LLC, Corinth, and David H. Thompson and Peter A. Patterson of Cooper & Kirk PLLC, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Robert Kalinowski Jr.

PRESENT: Robinson, Eaton and Carroll, JJ., and Wesley and Pearson Supr. JJ. (Ret.), Specially Assigned


¶1. This case requires us to decide whether Vermont's ban on large-capacity magazines (LCMs), 13 V.S.A. § 4021(a), violates the right to bear arms under Chapter I, Article 16 of the Vermont Constitution.2 We conclude that the magazine ban is a reasonable regulation of the right of the people to bear arms...

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