Supreme Court says N.Y. gun law is too restrictive, violates right to carry guns outside home

Source: Washington Post

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Supreme Court says N.Y. gun law is too restrictive, violates right to carry guns outside home for self-defense

By Robert Barnes
Updated June 23, 2022 at 10:53 a.m. EDT Published June 23, 2022 at 10:48 a.m. EDT

The Supreme Court on Thursday said Americans generally have a right to carry a handgun outside the home for self-defense and that a New York law requiring special need for such a permit is too restrictive.

The vote was 6 to 3, with Justice Clarence Thomas writing for the majority and the court's three liberals in dissent. (1)

"The Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual's right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home," Thomas wrote, saying New York's requirement of a specific need to carry a weapon violates that right.

In dissent, Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote: "Many States have tried to address some of the dangers of gun violence ... by passing laws that limit, in various ways, who may purchase, carry, or use firearms of different kinds. The Court today severely burdens States' efforts to do so."

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The case is New York State Rifle & Pistol Assoc. v. Bruen.

By Robert Barnes
Robert Barnes has been a Washington Post reporter and editor since 1987. He joined The Post to cover Maryland politics, and he has served in various editing positions, including metropolitan editor and national political editor. He has covered the Supreme Court since November 2006. Twitter https://twitter.com/scotusreporter

(1) https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-843_7j80.pdf

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/23/supreme-court-gun-control/

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Edited to add the link, which I can't believe I forgot to include.

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BREAKING: #scotus strikes NY firearm restrictions on 6-3 vote, with Thomas writing for majority (on his birthday) https://supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-843_7j80.pdf

Link to tweet

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Supreme Court says Second Amendment guarantees right to carry guns in public

The ruling expands upon a 2008 decision that said the Second Amendment safeguards a person's right to possess firearms at home for self-protection.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-says-second-amendment-guarantees-right-carry-guns-public-rcna17721

June 23, 2022, 10:34 AM EDT
By Pete Williams

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Constitution provides a right to carry a gun outside the home, issuing a major decision on the meaning of the Second Amendment.

The 6-3 ruling was the court's second important decision on the right to "keep and bear arms." In a landmark 2008 decision, the court said for the first time that the amendment safeguards a person's right to possess firearms, although the decision was limited to keeping guns at home for self-defense.

The court has now taken that ruling to the next step after years of ducking the issue and applied the Second Amendment beyond the limits of homeowners' property.