"The biggest Second Amendment case to reach the Supreme Court in nearly a decade, explained"

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The biggest Second Amendment case to reach the Supreme Court in nearly a decade, explained

Gun control supporters are desperate — and have already taken drastic steps — to get the Supreme Court to dismiss this case.
By Ian Millhiser Sep 27, 2019, 7:50am EDT

Last January, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. City of New York, the first major Second Amendment case to be heard by the Supreme Court in nearly a decade — and also the first since Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement shifted the Court dramatically to the right.

The case centers on an unusual — and recently changed — New York City rule that limited where gun owners with a certain kind of permit were allowed to bring their guns.

Gun control advocates, including policymakers in both New York City and the New York state legislature, fear a big loss in the Supreme Court and are desperate to make the case go away. Indeed, New York City changed their gun rules after the Supreme Court announced it would hear the case, and state legislators enacted a new law forbidding the city from bringing back the old rules — all in the hopes of obviating the need for the Court to weigh in. Because the legal controversy between the city and the plaintiffs is now over, the city asked the Court to dismiss this case as moot.

The justices are scheduled to discuss whether to dismiss the case at their October 1 conference.

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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/27/20879906/second-amendment-guns-supreme-court-new-york-moot-brett-kavanaugh-nra

The rest of the article is interesting as a legal analysis because it's possible that the Supreme Court might still hear the case. It also goes into how Drunky McRapeyFace's position on lower Federal courts influenced gun laws, as well as his current (stolen) position on SCOTUS might affect things.