Petition of the day
By Maureen Johnston
on Apr 18, 2014
The petition of the day is:
13-827
Issue: (1) Whether the Second Amendment secures a right to carry handguns outside the home for self-defense; and (2) whether state officials violate the Second Amendment by requiring that individuals wishing to exercise their right to carry a handgun for self-defense first prove a “justifiable need” for doing so.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: Drake v. Jerejian
Recommended Citation:
Maureen Johnston,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Apr. 18, 2014, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/petition-of-the-day-591/