CASE PREVIEW · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States v Laykovich
Firearm Ban After Mental-Health Adjudication Survives Facial Second Amendment Challenge
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The citation
United States v Laykovich, opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, issued October 29, 2026 (Case No. 25-5766)
From the case summary
A Missouri court ordered Laykovich hospitalized for 21 days and barred him from possessing firearms after finding that his mental illness created a likelihood of serious harm. About a year later, police stopped him wearing body armor in a car containing eight guns; he said…
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