[4] Investigating officers discovered the primary suspect, Stephen L. Voisine, was not legally permitted to possess a firearm.

[4] His prior domestic violence conviction barred him from possessing a gun, resulting from the Lautenberg Amendment signed into law in 1996.

[4] Voisine joined William Armstrong III to argue that their domestic violence convictions should not have precluded them from owning guns in the first place.

[7] During the oral arguments of the case, Justice Clarence Thomas asked a question from the bench for the first time in 10 years.

[8] The dissent disagreed with the majority holding that the term "reckless" is too broad under the Maine statute to pass constitutional muster for prohibition of firearms.