From the New York Times, I'm Rachel Abrams. This is the Daily.

On the previous episode of the show, we talked to a lawyer coming up with creative arguments to get around laws favoring gun rights.

Today, my colleague Mike McIntyre on the mysterious study helping to strengthen gun rights around the country and the person behind that study. It's Thursday, June 20th.

So, Mike, welcome to the show.

So Mike, welcome to the show.

Tell me, how did you first get started with this reporting?

So I've been covering gun issues for quite some time.

And since the Supreme Court decision in 2022

in the case called New York State Rifle and Pistol Association

versus Bruin, that really changed the landscape of firearms litigation in the country.

It was probably the most consequential Supreme Court

Second Amendment case in decades, and what it did was it really upended our previous

understanding of the second amendment by doing two things. One is that for the

first time found a second amendment right to carry a firearm outside the home.

And then secondly and most importantly, established a new test for gun restrictions

and whether or not they're in violation of the Second Amendment.

Essentially, Bruin opened a door for litigants to argue that if a gun is commonly used for self-defense,

it makes it harder to justify a law that would ban it.

We begin with some breaking news tonight out of the courts, a major blow to gun control.

A federal...

And so as a result of the brewing test that was created, you have seen this tsunami of litigation

take place across the country.

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