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Supreme Court strikes down New York gun law, expanding concealed carry rights - CBS News

Supreme Court strikes down New York gun law, expanding concealed carry rights - CBS News

Supreme Court strikes down New York gun law, expanding concealed carry rights - CBS News
Jun 24, 2022 2 mins, 20 secs

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York law that placed strict restrictions on carrying concealed firearms in public for self defense, finding its requirement that applicants seeking a concealed carry license demonstrate a special need for self-defense is unconstitutional.

In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision upholding New York's 108-year-old law limiting who can obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun in public.

Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the majority opinion for the ideologically divided court, writing that New York's "proper-cause requirement" prevented law-abiding citizens from exercising their Second Amendment right, and its licensing regime is unconstitutional.

And it is not how the Second Amendment works when it comes to public carry for self-defense.".

The ruling marks the first expansion of gun rights since 2008, when the Supreme Court recognized that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep firearms in the home for self-defense.

The New York court battle was also the biggest Second Amendment case before the court since its 2008 decision, and a 2010 ruling that said the right to have a handgun in the home applies to the states. Gun rights supporters were hopeful the Supreme Court's 6-3 conservative majority would recognize the Second Amendment protects the right to carry a firearm in public.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, criticized the Supreme Court's decision, saying on Twitter that it was "outrageous that at a moment of national reckoning on gun violence, the Supreme Court has recklessly struck down a New York law that limits those who can carry concealed weapons."?

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the court's ruling will "put New Yorkers at further risk of gun violence." He pledged to conduct a "comprehensive review" of the approach to defining places where carrying firearms is banned, and to review the application process to ensure only those who are qualified can obtain a license to carry?

Today, the Supreme Court upheld the Second Amendment Right of all Americans.".

Half of the states generally require a permit issued by the state in order to carry a concealed firearm in public, and of those, about six other states — California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island — allow a person to carry a firearm in public only if they have a need to do so. In those half-dozen states, government officials have discretion in denying licenses, even if the applicant satisfies the statutory criteria.

New York officials and the Biden administration, which urged the Supreme Court to uphold the law, warned the justices during oral arguments in November that invalidating the measure could have a domino effect, jeopardizing not only the states' restrictions, but also others that limit public carry in places where people congregate, such as airports, arenas, churches and schools

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