SCOTUS Delays Inevitable Second Amendment Showdown Over Bearing Arms in Public

As previously
noted here at Reason, the U.S. Supreme Court was
recently presented with a pair of Second Amendment cases that
raised the question of whether the individual right recognized in
District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) also applies to
keeping and bearing arms for self-defense purposes outside of the
home. This morning, the Court disappointed gun rights advocates by
announcing it will not review those cases.

Does this mean the Supreme Court has washed its hands of future
gun rights rulings? Not at all. In fact, another gun case is
virtually inevitable. Just two weeks ago, for example, the U.S
Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
issued a major decision striking down a San Diego County
restriction on conceal-carry permits as an unconstitutional
infringement on the Second Amendment. That case is likely to be
appealed up to the high court, as are many others currently in the
works. Sooner or later, the Supreme Court will have to reenter the
thicket and grapple with the full meaning of the right to keep and
bear arms.