U.S. top court to weigh New York City curbs on transporting handguns

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to take up a challenge backed by the National Rifle Association gun rights group to New York City's strict limits on handgun owners toward transporting their firearms outside of the home.

The justices will review a ruling last year by a lower court upholding the city's restrictions after three gun owners and the NRA's New York state affiliate sued claiming the regulations violated the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms." The case will be heard and decided in the court's next term, which starts in October and ends in June 2020.

(Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Will Dunham)