THE SUPREME COURT PLAYS KEY ROLE IN ENABLING GUN VIOLENCE

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority can be expected to continue to jeopardize efforts to end gun violence for as long as it remains in power.

Advocates are constrained by the possibility that even if they mobilize public support for comprehensive reforms such as banning handguns and assault rifles, the Supreme Court could sharply curtail or strike down such measures, and could expand the Second Amendment, leaving us worse off than before.