A law that restricted gun carrying in New York was brought down by the Supreme Court and called the “most important judgment on guns in over a decade.”
This puts around a quarter of states in a position that if their gun restrictions are pushed, their laws may start to change just like New York’s.
The court declared that the law from New York that required civilians to provide a reasonable explanation to be allowed to bear a hidden firearm was unconstitutional.
The majority opinion of the court, represented by Justice Clarence Thomas, said that the right to have a “commonly used” firearm in possession in a public place for personal defense purposes belongs to all Americans.
Now, due to the outcome from the court, states like California, Hawaii, Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Jersey could have legal changes if legislators propose challenges to their laws.
The court’s decision happened during a time when political divisions were intensified by mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York.
On Thursday, the court made its decision, which would pass while the US Senate passed a new law to reduce the availability of firearms.
President Joe Biden was “deeply disappointed” by the Supreme Court’s decision. He stated that it “contradicts both common sense and the Constitution, and should trouble us all.”
Eric Adams, New York City’s Mayor, said he is trying to see if there are other solutions to decrease gun access. Adams also said, “We cannot allow New York to become the wild, wild west.”
In the US, over 390 million firearms are owned by civilians. And in 2020, over 45,000 American people died due to deaths relating to firearms.
Following the previous trend of going along with gun rights, the Supreme Court is saying that the Second Amendment to the US Constitution protects the right to possess firearms in public and at home.
Even in this time of multiple mass shootings like the shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo, the majority of the Supreme Court had the interpretation of the Second Amendment to allow people to “keep and bear arms.”
It is becoming more and more difficult for the Supreme Court in the future to change its feelings and go against its previous court rulings on gun access.
Justice Breyer, in disagreement with the rulings, charted the significant number of lives taken by gun violence.
Justice Breyer said, “Since the start of this year alone, there have already been 277 reported mass shootings – an average of more than one per day.”
Meanwhile, on Thursday night, the Senate voted on a gun control bill with 65 in favor and 33 against.
New protocols have been introduced by the new law, one of which is a more extensive background check for a gun buyer that is under the age of 21. In addition to that, the government is giving funding to state programs to confiscate guns in an emergency.
Before the bill can become a true law, it’ll have to go through the US House of Representatives before moving on to President Biden.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61915237
This puts around a quarter of states in a position that if their gun restrictions are pushed, their laws may start to change just like New York’s.
The court declared that the law from New York that required civilians to provide a reasonable explanation to be allowed to bear a hidden firearm was unconstitutional.
The majority opinion of the court, represented by Justice Clarence Thomas, said that the right to have a “commonly used” firearm in possession in a public place for personal defense purposes belongs to all Americans.
Now, due to the outcome from the court, states like California, Hawaii, Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Jersey could have legal changes if legislators propose challenges to their laws.
The court’s decision happened during a time when political divisions were intensified by mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York.
On Thursday, the court made its decision, which would pass while the US Senate passed a new law to reduce the availability of firearms.
President Joe Biden was “deeply disappointed” by the Supreme Court’s decision. He stated that it “contradicts both common sense and the Constitution, and should trouble us all.”
Eric Adams, New York City’s Mayor, said he is trying to see if there are other solutions to decrease gun access. Adams also said, “We cannot allow New York to become the wild, wild west.”
In the US, over 390 million firearms are owned by civilians. And in 2020, over 45,000 American people died due to deaths relating to firearms.
Following the previous trend of going along with gun rights, the Supreme Court is saying that the Second Amendment to the US Constitution protects the right to possess firearms in public and at home.
Even in this time of multiple mass shootings like the shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo, the majority of the Supreme Court had the interpretation of the Second Amendment to allow people to “keep and bear arms.”
It is becoming more and more difficult for the Supreme Court in the future to change its feelings and go against its previous court rulings on gun access.
Justice Breyer, in disagreement with the rulings, charted the significant number of lives taken by gun violence.
Justice Breyer said, “Since the start of this year alone, there have already been 277 reported mass shootings – an average of more than one per day.”
Meanwhile, on Thursday night, the Senate voted on a gun control bill with 65 in favor and 33 against.
New protocols have been introduced by the new law, one of which is a more extensive background check for a gun buyer that is under the age of 21. In addition to that, the government is giving funding to state programs to confiscate guns in an emergency.
Before the bill can become a true law, it’ll have to go through the US House of Representatives before moving on to President Biden.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61915237
