Second Shot at the Second Amendment: Could Heller Be Undone by an Errant Qualifier?

Source: Jonathan Turley Blog
by Jonathan Turley

“Many of us are gearing up with columns previewing the Court’s October term and have highlighted the upcoming arguments over bans on AR-15s and semiautomatic weapons out of the Seventh Circuit in Chicago (Viramontes v. Cook County) and the Second Circuit in New York (Grant v. Higgins). In a recent column, Professor Rory Little suggests that these cases will strike at what he considers a glaring flaw in the Heller decision that recognized the individual right under the Second Amendment. Professor Little repeats a common claim about Heller that some of us have challenged. I wanted to briefly address that controversy again.The column appeared in Scotusblog, a respected site that offers tracking and commentary on pending Supreme Court cases.” (09/23/26)

https://jonathanturley.org/2026/09/23/second-shot-at-the-second-amendment-could-heller-be-undone-by-an-errant-qualifier/