The Patriot Post® · SCOTUS Declines 2A Cases

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined, without comment, to hear three petitions on the Second Amendment. At issue are separate appeals court cases concerning the scope of the right to keep and bear arms, outside the home for example. To oversimplify, we think the Amendment’s language regarding the right “to bear” arms clearly indicates a right to, well, bear arms. But some courts have ruled that isn’t the case, with – surprisingly – the Ninth Circuit as well as the Seventh Circuit adhering to the Constitution’s plain language. Evidently, SCOTUS is unwilling at this point to address the confusion, so it will remain an unsettled issue for now.