Supreme Court to Consider Whether to Take Up 3 Second Amendment Cases

Cases set for Jan. 10 conference for possible inclusion in the high court’s docket cover state bans on certain rifles and magazines, injunctions on gun laws.

U.S. Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) speaks next to a display of assault weapons during a news conference Jan. 24, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Alex Wong/Getty Images

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider hearing three cases that gun rights advocates consider pivotal, including one they say would set the Second Amendment on par with the rest of the Bill of Rights.

On Jan. 6, the court set the cases for a Jan. 10 conference.