The court declined to hear a set of cases challenging Illinois' ban on certain semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines. The court also said it would not take up several challenges to a federal law barring people with felony convictions from having guns.

In 2022, the court DRAMATICALLY EXPANDED [nope] Second Amendment rights by declaring in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen that modern gun restrictions must adhere to historical practices < wipes tears >. Then, last month, in United States v. Rahimi, the court seemed to back away from the most EXTREME CONSEQUENCES of that dread history-based test: It upheld a federal law banning alleged domestic abusers from having firearms. But the constitutionality of many other gun laws remains in doubt in light of the Bruen ruling, with lower courts divided on how to apply the history-based test....