SCOTUS Leaves Passengers Disarmed, Easy
Prey While Traveling on Public Transportation

Countless numbers of people from all walks of life traverse major cities on public transportation on a daily basis nationwide. Unfortunately, many law-abiding citizens in this group do so without the benefit of carrying a firearm for self-protection as cities across America continue to ban the concealed carry of a gun on subways, trains and busses.

Sadly, these modes of transportation are often the scene of violent crimes, such as in the horrific murder of Iryna Zarutska last August in North Carolina.

In an effort to erase this infringement on peaceable citizens, the Second Amendment Foundation challenged the public transportation carry ban in Schoenthal v. Raoul, a case originally filed in Illinois.

At least one Supreme Court Justice seemed to understand that the right to carry must encompass carrying on public transportation for the right to be meaningful. While questioning President Biden's solicitor general during Bruen's oral arguments in 2021, Justice Alito described the sorts of people who most need to exercise the right to carry …