Gun rights: Supreme Court brings Second Amendment to the streets

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : However it unfolds from here, more than a decade since its last examination of the Second Amendment, the Supreme Court has once again transformed the debate over American gun policies.
51% : "When I started writing about this stuff in the '90s, you were laughed at for making the argument that the Second Amendment is the right of an individual to own a firearm," says Glenn Reynolds, a professor at the University of Tennessee College of Law.
50% : As Congress moves closer to passing the first package of federal gun regulations in a quarter-century, the nation is still processing recent mass shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo, New York, the latter of which killed 10 people.
50% : The link between gun control policies, or the lack thereof, and gun violence is tenuous.
48% : In 2008, the Supreme Court significantly changed its interpretation of the Second Amendment.
46% : As it enters the final week of a controversial term - the court is expected to push federal law to the right in a number of areas, including abortion and climate regulation - the ruling in this closely watched case significantly expands gun rights.
46% : Today's ruling continues a throughline in America toward prioritizing Second Amendment rights for individuals.
45% : But expanding the definition of sensitive places "to all places of public congregation that are not isolated from law enforcement defines the category of 'sensitive places' far too broadly."
44% : The country has continued to wrestle with how to reduce gun deaths, which also reached a record high in 2020, at a time when firearms have proliferated and the Second Amendment has become a top priority among conservatives.

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