[Texas Federalist]

Doubtful. If that was the case, the U.S. Supreme Court never would have remanded the case.

That doesn't follow. The SC probably remanded the case so the lower court could dispose of it because Miller never showed.

[robertpaulsen]

"The SC probably remanded the case so the lower court could dispose of it"

They remanded it, saying they had no idea if the shotgun was useful to a milita. They could go no further in the case.