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Less than a week after the Supreme Court struck down a Hawaii law that barred gun owners with concealed-carry licenses from bringing guns onto private property unless they had explicit permission
The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to take up whether possessing AR-15s and similar assault-style rifles are protected by the Second Amendment, a major gun rights case that is set to impact bans passed in roughly 10 states.
The Court's conservative majority turns to “history and traditions” to ignore the obvious — again
Gun control groups were more muted, with Everytown saying that it still recognizes that “drugs and guns can make for a dangerous mix.”
Pro-Second Amendment organizations have filed lawsuits to invalidate gun laws across the country for decades, but Hughes v. Lee, involving concealed carry in Tennessee, is not the usual Second Amendment case.