By Paul Huebl In 2022, the United States Supreme Court handed down a landmark Second Amendment decision that should have ended decades of judicial gamesmanship. It did not. Instead, several Democrat-controlled states responded to the Supreme Court’s ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen , 597 U.S. 1 (2022), by searching for new ways to obstruct the very right the Court had just reaffirmed. The result has been predictable and disgraceful. Peaceful, otherwise law-abiding Americans continue to face arrest, prosecution, crushing legal expenses, and possible imprisonment for conduct that may be protected by the Constitution. This is not an academic debate. Real people are losing their freedom. What Bruen Actually Decided In Bruen , the Supreme Court held that the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual’s right to carry a handgun outside the home for self-defense. More importantly, the Court rejected the interest-balancing test t...