SCOTUS Strikes Down New York State Gun Restriction

The Associated Press reports:

The Supreme Court struck down a New York law Thursday that only lets firearm owners receive a concealed carry license if they have “proper cause,” a blow to gun control advocates that marks the court’s most significant Second Amendment ruling in over a decade and could roll back gun control measures across the country.

The court’s decision comes on the heels of a string of mass shootings from mid-May to early June that jolted the nation and acted as a catalyst for Congress to once again search for consensus on a legislative plan to curb gun violence.

The Supreme Court’s fourth and final opinion of the day is in Bruen. In a 6–3 opinion, Thomas writes that New York’s strict limits on the concealed carry of firearms in public violates the Second Amendment. https://t.co/QtXnGlobBG

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 23, 2022

Breaking: Supreme Court rules 6-3 for gun rights advocates & struck down as too strict laws in New York, California and 6 other states that deny permits to carry a concealed weapon if gun owners cannot show they have a special need to be armed in public.https://t.co/CAqP3501VB

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 23, 2022

BREAKING: Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the 6-3 decision that the Second Amendment does protect the right of individuals to carry a gun outside the homehttps://t.co/6TJYnf7d6y

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 23, 2022