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Supreme Court Extends Gun Rights Victory to CKBA Amicus Cases

On June 30, in a flurry of activity to close the term, the Supreme Court granted petitions in four Second Amendment cases, and immediately sent them back to lower courts, with instructions to follow the recent landmark gun rights decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, which affirmed public carry as an essential part of the natural right protected by the Second Amendment. Bruen made it clear that Second Amendment cases must be judged purely by the constitutional text as informed by history, and that courts must place self-defense rights on the same level as other Bill of Rights guarantees.