Dionne: The Dreaded Gun Lobby and a Conservative Supreme Court are Handcuffing Common Sense ‘Gun Safety’ Reform

At least as dangerous to public safety is the radically conservative majority on the Supreme Court that claims to revere state and local rights but seems prepared to upend municipal efforts to get a handle on the gun problem.

The consensus after last November’s oral arguments saw this majority as hell-bent on undoing New York’s strict limits on carrying weapons outside the home. At the time, Adams used the word “frightening” to describe “what’s about to play out on … the Supreme Court.”

How disconnected from urban realities are the good justices?

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