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Originally Posted by Tennessee Gentleman
Looks like the court narrowed the issue a bit.
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I look at that as a positive omen. It has been documented that Kavanaugh, Alito, and Thomas have been frustrated by the lower courts basically thumbing their collective noses at
Heller and
McDonald, and the fact that the SCOTUS hasn't done anything to kick them (the lower courts) to the curb. I think they want to get another 2A case before the court, and the fact that they narrowed this one down as a precondition to accepting it may be a sign that they think they have (or can get) the votes to prevail on the narrower issue.
They probably have Kavanaugh, Thomas, and probably Alito. If what we have read is true, they probably also have Barrett. That leaves Roberts as the likely swing vote, and the narrower they make the scope the more likely he is to rule correctly. [I hope]