Supreme Court Weighs Second Amendment Showdown After Mass Shootings
- Justices to say whether NYC gun-transport case will go forward
- City aims to head off constitutional clash by loosening rules
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As mass shootings revive the U.S. debate over gun policy, the Supreme Court is weighing whether to go forward with a Second Amendment showdown for the first time in a decade.
The justices in January said they would hear a challenge to New York City rules that sharply limited where licensed handguns could be taken while locked and unloaded. Three city handgun owners said the regulations were the most extreme firearm-transportation restrictions in the country.