Fourth Circuit gun ruling sets up potential Supreme Court battle

Published January 24, 2017 8:02pm ET



The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that police officers can frisk anyone to determine if a person is armed regardless of whether he is lawfully carrying a weapon, setting up a potential Supreme Court showdown.

The appeals court’s opinion appears to challenge a 6th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion from 2015, setting up a conflict that likely will need to be resolved by the Supreme Court.

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