Gun Rights Case Could Fizzle on Procedure at High Court (1)

Gun rights advocates finally convinced the justices to take up a Second Amendment case for the first time in nearly a decade, but how the court deals with a procedural hiccup could end up having a bigger impact.

The merits of the case turn on a New York City regulation significantly limiting where lawful gun owners can take their guns, but the justices first have to confront the question of mootness, since the city has since repealed the challenged law.

The mootness issue has the potential to foil the court’s first foray back into gun rights since its landmark decisions ...