My hope is that some of the conservative members are holding out for Kennedy’s replacement before taking new 2nd Amendment cases.
That's my thought. If the SC takes the case now, and we lose, it still becomes SC precedent.
Ginsburg and Breyer were appointed by Clinton and Sotomayor and Kagan were appointed Obama so they are definitely votes against us. Kennedy is a questionable vote and my guess is he'd throw it back to the states, which doesn't help those of us in deep blue states.
So I don't think we have the SC votes for rifle features, standard magazine capacity and national open carry.
Yet.
(I'm also not sure it's the conservative justices who would be anxious to hear this. The liberal ones might prefer precedent since they can see what's coming down the pike to the SC in the future.)
It looks that way. Plus also Justice Ruth looks like she is closer to retirement.