nysrpa v corlett

Don’t Miss TTAG’s Postgame Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment Case Arguments on November 3

If you didn’t already have it marked on your calendar, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v Bruen on Wednesday, November 3. The matter…

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OMG! The Supreme Court Might Rule the Second Amendment Means What it Says! OMG

The NRA has been relentless in its campaign to create an alternate history regarding guns and the myth that the Constitution somehow guarantees individual gun rights. Only a few decades ago, such notions were considered an…


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Cornell: Originalism Means Gorsuch and Barrett Should Rule in Favor of Strict Gun Control

In another of Heller’s odd intellectual moves, Scalia read the Second Amendment backwards, and in the process effectively erased the text’s preamble. To justify this unusual reading strategy, an interpretive approach that Stevens reminded his colleagues on the bench…


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The Supreme Court Should Take a Close Look at What ‘Proper Cause’ Means in New York

The Duke Center for Firearms Law had a few comments on the Corlett carry permit case recently taken up by the United States Supreme Court: The case–New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Corlett–centers…


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Gun Rights Orgs Cheer Supreme Court Cert of Second Amendment Case

As you’d expect, Second Amendment orgs are pleased that the US Supreme Court is willing to take another Second Amendment case, a year after punting the opportunity last year. As the Second Amendment Foundation writes…


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The Meaning Behind the Supreme Court Granting Cert in NYSRPA v. Corlett

By LKB This morning, the Supreme Court announced that it has granted cert in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Corlett, the case challenging New York City’s “may issue” (read: no issue unless you are…