Last Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a New York law restricting gun-carrying rights, ruling that the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to carry a firearm both within the home and in public. The decision comes amid fierce national debate over the issue in the United States.
More people will be able to carry guns legally because of the judgment, which puts comparable laws in states like California and New Jersey at risk. One-fourth of Americans resides in states that would be impacted if such gun laws were to be overturned.
As a result of the court’s ruling, laws in Massachusetts, Maryland, California, New Jersey, and Hawaii can now be legally challenged. It occurs at a time when there are political disagreements on how to deal with gun violence, which were made worse by shootings that occurred last month at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, and an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he would examine additional measures to limit access to guns. “We cannot allow New York to become the wild, wild west,” he said.
President Joe Biden said he was “deeply disappointed” by the Supreme Court’s decision, which he said, “contradicts both common sense and the Constitution, and should trouble us all.”
Justice Breyer pointed out in his dissenting opinion that a significant number of Americans have died because of gun violence this year. “Since the start of this year alone, there have already been 277 reported mass shootings -— an average of more than one per day,” he wrote.
Future Supreme Court justices will find it more challenging to reverse course and interpret the Constitution to allow for stricter gun control as conservative legal precedents mount.
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61915237
More people will be able to carry guns legally because of the judgment, which puts comparable laws in states like California and New Jersey at risk. One-fourth of Americans resides in states that would be impacted if such gun laws were to be overturned.
As a result of the court’s ruling, laws in Massachusetts, Maryland, California, New Jersey, and Hawaii can now be legally challenged. It occurs at a time when there are political disagreements on how to deal with gun violence, which were made worse by shootings that occurred last month at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, and an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he would examine additional measures to limit access to guns. “We cannot allow New York to become the wild, wild west,” he said.
President Joe Biden said he was “deeply disappointed” by the Supreme Court’s decision, which he said, “contradicts both common sense and the Constitution, and should trouble us all.”
Justice Breyer pointed out in his dissenting opinion that a significant number of Americans have died because of gun violence this year. “Since the start of this year alone, there have already been 277 reported mass shootings -— an average of more than one per day,” he wrote.
Future Supreme Court justices will find it more challenging to reverse course and interpret the Constitution to allow for stricter gun control as conservative legal precedents mount.
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61915237
