The Supreme Court is being asked again to redefine rights to gun ownership in a new petition.

The court is expected to decide whether to hear the case within weeks.


The petition was filed by a Maryland man who was arrested for carrying a handgun in his backpack. He did not have a license for it.


He argues that he should not need a license after the Supreme Court’s ruling three years ago in District of Columbia v. Heller.


The court’s decision said the Second Amendment gives all law-abiding adult citizens a right to keep guns in their homes.


The ruling upheld a lawsuit by six residents of Washington, D.C., who challenged a local law that allowed only law enforcement officers to own guns.


In the pending case of Williams v. Maryland, Charles F. Williams is trying to overturn his 2008 conviction in Prince George’s County, Md., for carrying a firearm in public without a permit.


Williams purchased the gun legally.  

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