The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Second Amendment right-to-carry case challenging New York State’s restrictive gun control law. A favorable ruling in this case will almost certainly impact challenges to similar laws in other states. The case is known as NY State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Corlett. It is the first time in more than a decade the high court has accepted a Second Amendment case for review since the 2010 case of McDonald v. City of Chicago decided in June 2010.
It is certain the current makeup of the high court has opened this important door. With the addition last year of Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy created by the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the court now has a majority of constitutional jurists who will no longer treat the Second Amendment as “a constitutional orphan,” as once observed by Associate Justice Clarence Thomas.
Executive Vice President of the Second Amendment Foundation Alan M. Gottlieb said, “The Second Amendment protects an individual right to not only keep arms, but to bear them. SAF has several right-to-carry cases filed which include challenges to restrictive laws in New Jersey, Maryland and New York City. A favorable ruling in this case will almost certainly impact those and other cases.