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Another Major Shooting Unfolds as Justices Weigh Latest Firearms Case
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A year after the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, at an Orlando nightclub, another major shooting—Wednesday’s gunfire that injured a member of Congress—unfolded as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to consider the latest challenge to gun regulations.
The justices on Thursday are scheduled to review the case Peruta v. California, a challenge to restrictions in California against carrying concealed firearms in public. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in June 2016 said there is no Second Amendment protection to such carrying of a gun. |
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"[T]he enshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table." - Dicta, D.C. v. Heller (2008)
This is not a political question, whereby the Court could punt it back to the state legislatures. It is a CONSTITUTIONAL question that demands resolution.
This is not a time for the Court to go wobbly. It must face the issue head-on. |
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