Michigan Township’s Gun Range Denial Upheld Despite Bruen Ruling

A Michigan township’s decision to reject a requestto build a long-distance shooting range was legally sound, even after a 2022 US Supreme Court decision effectively expanding gun rights, a divided Sixth Circuit panel ruled.

Two judges from the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said the challenge to a zoning ordinance in rural Howell Township, about 60 miles northwest of Detroit, fails as applied under N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen. While the Second Amendment protects “the right to engage in commercial firearms training as necessary to protect the right to effectively bear arms in ...