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jonathan: this is a fascinating case. last year the new york rifle and pistol association had a case accepted by the supreme court. this was a very restrictive new york law on transporting guns from your home. many of us believe the law was flagrantly unconstitutional. new york politicians pounded their chest and said take this to the supreme court. it is supreme court called the bluff and accepted the case and right before the court could rule, they pulled the case, changed the law and pulled the case, avoided ruling. four justices cried foul and said this was manipulating the docket and some of them wanted to go ahead and rule even though the case was effectively moved. what is interesting, the justices said this is not the end, we ll look for case to deal with lower courts chipping away at the second amendment. they did and found a case by the same plaintiff, new york rifle

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