In this episode of CEPR’s Unpacking the Court series, we sit down with Algernon Austin, the Director of Race and Economic Justice at CEPR, to unpack some of the Supreme Court’s key gun control decisions (including District of Columbia v. Heller and Garland v. Cargill), their ripple effects on federal gun regulations, and much more. The discussion explores how the Supreme Court’s shift toward so-called ‘originalism’ undermines public safety, especially in Black communities, and what state and community-driven solutions can do to fill the gap.