Gun Suit Disrupted by New Precedent Puzzles Massachusetts Court

Massachusetts’ top court justices’ appeared uncomfortable Monday determining how a drastic change in US Supreme Court precedent should impact the prosecution of a gun possession case.

It was the second oral argument after the court rendered a decision just months ago.

The procedural rarity of the argument signals the case’s importance, which was the state Supreme Judicial Court’s vehicle for interpreting Massachusetts’ gun laws after the US Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in N.Y. State Rifles & Pistol Ass’n Inc. v. Bruen.

While litigants ask the justices to reconsider their rulings fairly often, the court hasn’t held a second oral ...