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As has been reported here earlier, the Supreme Court today agreed to hear the case of
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Corlett, a major 2nd Amendment case that will address the question:
Whether the state’s denial of Petitioner’s applications for Concealed-Carry Licenses for Self-Defense violated the Second Amendment?
Interestingly, that is not the question as posed in the Petition. In the Petition the Court was asked to answer the following question:
Whether the Second Amendment allows the government to prohibit ordinary lawabiding citizens from carrying handguns outside the home for self-defense?