After the Supreme Court handed down its 2008 decision in Heller and its 2022 decision in Bruen, anti-liberty/gun cracktivists went berserk. The Court found that the Second Amendment says what it means and means what it says. AdvertisementThe Court found no history of the kinds of gun control Democrats demand and established strict scrutiny, the highest level of judicial review, for Second Amendment cases. Whatever the purpose of using a given arm, the lawfulness of that purpose is a necessary condition of Second Amendment coverage. Usually, the Supreme Court won’t take up an issue without a Circuit split, which the Third Circuit just provided.