The NRA Is About to See If Its Bet on Trump’s Supreme Court Picks Pays Off

The conservative majority is pivotal in the Second Amendment challenge to New York’s limits on concealed carry of handguns in public.

A handgun featuring the image of President Trump during the NRA annual meeting.Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
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The National Rifle Association threw its support behind former President Donald Trump’s three U.S. Supreme Court nominees. It’s about to see whether that bet pays off.

The court will hear its biggest Second Amendment case in more than a decade Wednesday, when it considers a challenge to New York’s tight limits on the right to carry a concealed handgun in public.