Commentary: Did the Supreme Court tip its hand on the blockbuster gun case it’s hearing Wednesday?
by Aaron Tang, Los Angeles Times
Nov 02, 2021
4 minutes
For years, cities across the country have limited who may carry a gun in public. The Supreme Court will soon decide whether these limits violate the 2nd Amendment. The effect could be staggering — the difference between a few hundred guns and hundreds of thousands of guns on the streets of Los Angeles, New York City or Washington.
With stakes so high, commentators have naturally speculated about the outcome. Given the court’s conservative supermajority, many expect the court to dramatically expand the right to carry firearms in public.
Quietly, however — in a rare action taken through the court’s docketing procedures — some of the
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