The Supreme Court said it would not hear appeals of a slew of cases involving gun laws, dealing a loss to Second Amendment activists who want to expand the rights of gun owners.
The U.S. Supreme Court said it would not hear appeals of a slew of cases involving gun laws, dealing a block to Second Amendment activists who see to expand the rights of gun owners.
The action comes just weeks after the Supreme Court declined to issue a substantive opinion in its first Second Amendment case in nearly a decade.The United States Supreme Court on Monday said it would not hear appeals of a slew of cases involving gun laws, dealing a blow to Second Amendment activists who see to expand the rights of gun owners
The action comes just weeks after the Supreme Court declined to issue a substantive opinion in its first Second Amendment case in nearly a decade. In that case, over a since-repealed New York City handgun regulation, the court said that the controversy was no longer active because the measure had been amended by the city.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who sided with the majority in the case, urged his colleagues to take another Second Amendment case "soon."
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