The Supreme Court has waited far too long to take up a Second Amendment case. Amy Swearer writes:
Unfortunately, the court this week dealt a serious blow to hopes that it would hear a Second Amendment case in its next term, denying certiorari in all the gun-related cases pending before it.
In laymen’s terms, the court effectively said, “We will not review the lower court decisions upholding these constitutionally questionable gun control laws.”
Of course, the court could decide later this year to grant certiorari in a different Second Amendment case that has not yet been filed. But the reality is that the justices were presented with a perfect opportunity unlikely to repeat itself later this term, and still declined to take up a case.
That does not bode well for the near future.
[Amy Swearer, "Justices Continue Long, Shameful Silence on Second Amendment” The Daily Signal, June 18]
