The Supreme Court is more interested in Second Amendment cases than ever before

The Supreme Court is more interested in Second Amendment cases than ever before

With the Supreme Court back in session, the justices are preparing to weigh two Second Amendment challenges. One will look at whether it is constitutional to restrict people from carrying firearms on private property, and the other concerns drug use and gun rights.

For a court that’s taken less than a dozen Second Amendment challenges in its 230-year history, two in one year is unprecedented. “This is a real indication that we have a court that’s more willing to and more interested in taking these cases,” said Andrew Willinger, the executive director of the Center for Firearms Law at Duke University.

The caseload is also a sign that the dust hasn’t settled three years after the Supreme Court decided New York