What’s Next: A Delayed Showdown on the Second Amendment’s Scope
While Monday’s denials are not the final word, they extend a long-standing uncertainty over the Second Amendment’s application to modern firearms technology. With semiautomatic weapon bans pending in at least eight federal circuits, legal experts say a definitive ruling is likely on the horizon.
Justice Kavanaugh perhaps summed it up best:
“A denial of certiorari does not mean agreement. This issue’s day in court is coming—it’s just not today.”
The battle over AR-15 Constitutional Ban Skipping now heads back to the lower courts, where both sides are locked in a volatile standoff. Until the Supreme Court finally pulls the trigger, the legal line between public safety and constitutional liberty will remain blurred.
