Supreme Court to weigh New York City curbs on transporting handguns
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday stepped into the divisive issue of gun rights by agreeing to take up a challenge backed by the National Rifle Association to New York City’s strict limits on handgun owners toward transporting their firearms outside of the home.
The nine justices will review a 2018 lower court ruling upholding the city’s restrictions after three gun owners and the NRA’s New York state affiliate sued claiming the regulations violated the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment right to “keep and bear arms.”
The case will be heard and decided in the court’s next term, which starts in October and ends in June 2020.
The decision indicates a new interest on the court, where conservatives hold a 5-4 margin, on guns and is the first major gun case to come before the justices since 2010.
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POLITICS JANUARY 22, 2019 / 9:42 AM / UPDATED 12 MINUTES AGO
Andrew Chung
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