U.S. SUPREME COURT WRESTLE OVER GUN CASE
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday grappled with whether to dismiss a challenge backed by the powerful National Rifle Association to a New York City handgun ordinance and sidestep a ruling that could lead to an expansion of gun rights.
The nine justices heard arguments in the first major gun case to come before the high court since 2010. Three local handgun owners and the New York state affiliate of the NRA - a national gun rights lobby group closely aligned with President Donald Trump and other Republicans - argued that the regulation violated the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.