The Second Circuit has determined that New York firearms statutes are not a categorical match to the federal definition of a firearms offense because they do not contain an antique firearms exception. The court reinforced that the realistic probability test has no role to play in the interpretation of a statute where its overbreadth is obvious on the face of the statute.

The full text of Jack v. Barr can be found here:

https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/5255578c-4d1d-4db5-ac16-bbbd78d43c08/16/doc/18-842_opn%2018-1479_opn.pdf#xml=https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/5255578c-4d1d-4db5-ac16-bbbd78d43c08/16/hilite/

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