We are delighted to learn that the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether Second Amendment protection of the right to bear arms extends to state and local jurisdictions.
In “Heller v. Washington, D.C.,” the Supreme Court held in 2008 that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms. But the problem with Heller is that Washington, D.C. is a federal jurisdiction. The court was not called upon to decide whether states…