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Supreme Court debates whether gun restrictions case is still worth considering

December 2, 2019 at 5:33 p.m. EST
Demonstrators rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices hear the first major gun rights case since 2010 on Monday. (Andrew Chung/Reuters)

The Supreme Court heard its first Second Amendment case in a decade Monday, but there were indications that the justices may no longer think they have a case to decide.

The controversy involves now-rescinded restrictions unique to New York City about whether citizens who have a license to keep a gun in their homes may transport them to firing ranges outside of the city or to a second home in the state.