SCOTUS' conservative majority could soon choose to hear its first major Second Amendment case in nearly a decade, positioning the court to override state laws established to limit the accessibility of some firearms and when they can be carried in public.
There are 10 cases waiting before the justices, and it only takes the agreement of four of the nine justices to vote to hear a case -- a low hurdle for the right-leaning Supreme Court seemingly eager to make a broad Second Amendment ruling.
Assault-style WeaponsAs assault-style weapons are increasingly used in American mass shootings, state lawmakers struggle with potential solutions to the nation's endemic gun violence problem. Some of these laws have been brought to the courts.Two high profile cases on assault-style weapons sit before the justices involving challenges to state laws involving bans on certain semiautomatic firearms and high capacity magazines, one from Illinois and one from Massachusetts.
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