But this decision was not limited to the Brady law.
For the Brady law itself, the impact of the ruling today may be somewhat limited.
The Brady law is also under attack from others.
The new measure would go far beyond the Brady law, which requires only that a background check be conducted.
Even now, the background checks required by the Brady law are often incomplete.
No one has challenged my finding that the Brady law failed to reduce crime.
The Court's decision did not affect that part of the Brady law.
The Brady law has no real teeth in it.
Even the modest five-day waiting period of the Brady law is under attack.
One major fight involves a challenge to the Brady gun-control law.