Assault Weapon Bans, Red Flag Laws Are Next Fights on Gun Rights

The US Supreme Court’s decision striking down New York’s strict limits on the right to carry a concealed gun in public is likely to fuel a wave of legal challenges against assault weapon bans, age restrictions, and laws blocking people at risk to themselves or others from keeping firearms.

The high court appears to have shifted the balancing test for gun laws that weighed public safety interests against constitutional firearms protections in ruling that most people have a constitutional right to carry a gun outside the home for self-defense. The decision follows recent mass shootings at an elementary school in ...