How the gun lobby outsmarted itself and helped engineer its big Supreme Court defeat Monday

[S_B_Jackson]

1. As the article says, "While the court issued no ruling and set no precedent"

in denying certoriari, it seems that gun control mavens cannot help but insert their own pet interpretations.

The fact is that the matter is in flux following the 2008 ruling in Heller and 2010's McDonald ruling and a reasonable court may find that the time simply is not appropriate for them to enter a new decision. In Illinois, for instance, there is a bill pending in the state legislature which would impose a state-preemption of local gun control ordinances with no municipal or county ordinances allowed which exceed state standards and which would invalidate Highland Park's ordinance completely.

Essentially, nothing has changed as a result of the USSC's non-ruling.