After nearly a decade of silence, a divided Supreme Court grappled Monday for over an hour with a case testing the scope of an individual's right to keep and bear arms in a dispute concerning a New York City gun regulation.
The case is being carefully watched by supporters of gun rights who want the newly solidified conservative majority of the court to broaden those rights. But looming over the case is the fact that after the Supreme Court agreed to hear the issue, the law at issue was changed.
Gun rights: Supreme Court hears biggest Second Amendment case in a decade - CNNPolitics
Second amendment supporters/NRA see this as a sign that the SCOTUS may start overturning state laws on gun restrictions.
The case is being carefully watched by supporters of gun rights who want the newly solidified conservative majority of the court to broaden those rights. But looming over the case is the fact that after the Supreme Court agreed to hear the issue, the law at issue was changed.
Gun rights: Supreme Court hears biggest Second Amendment case in a decade - CNNPolitics
Second amendment supporters/NRA see this as a sign that the SCOTUS may start overturning state laws on gun restrictions.