The US Supreme Court eased gun laws that threaten gun regulation laws in California and New Jersey.
Earlier this month, a devastating school shooting in Texas led to 21 lives being lost. This tragic event sparked debate across the country. According to The Washington Post, more than 311,000 students have experienced school shootings since the Columbine High School shooting. Additionally, there have been around 27 school shootings just this year.
Based on the second amendment, Americans are allowed to openly carry firearms to defend themselves, Justice Clarence Thomas said in representation of the other six conservative judges.
The remaining three democrats, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer, don’t see eye-to-eye with Thomas. Breyer tells BBC that way too many lives have been lost to gun violence this year.
Nevertheless, the bulk of the court being mostly conservative agreed with Thomas and the court overturned the New York gun law that restricted gun owners from carrying guns in public without a proper reason.
BBC says that more than 390 million guns are owned by Americans. Each year, more than 45,000 deaths are gun related. This year, there have been already 277 mass shootings, BBC added, which accounts for more than one mass shooting per day.
In the light of the recent school shooting, a couple days ago, President Joe Biden signed a bill regulating guns and improving gun safety, the first in over 30 years. The law includes enhanced background checks for people getting guns from ages 18-21, prevention of domestic violence perpetrators from owning guns, and incentives for states to enact “red-flag laws.” Red-flag laws “allow groups to petition courts to remove weapons from people deemed a threat to themselves or others,” NPR said.
“[The bill] doesn’t do everything I want,” Senator Chris Murphy, Senator of Connecticut, tells NPR. “But what we are doing will save thousands of lives without violating anyone’s Second Amendment rights.”
Earlier this month, a devastating school shooting in Texas led to 21 lives being lost. This tragic event sparked debate across the country. According to The Washington Post, more than 311,000 students have experienced school shootings since the Columbine High School shooting. Additionally, there have been around 27 school shootings just this year.
Based on the second amendment, Americans are allowed to openly carry firearms to defend themselves, Justice Clarence Thomas said in representation of the other six conservative judges.
The remaining three democrats, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer, don’t see eye-to-eye with Thomas. Breyer tells BBC that way too many lives have been lost to gun violence this year.
Nevertheless, the bulk of the court being mostly conservative agreed with Thomas and the court overturned the New York gun law that restricted gun owners from carrying guns in public without a proper reason.
BBC says that more than 390 million guns are owned by Americans. Each year, more than 45,000 deaths are gun related. This year, there have been already 277 mass shootings, BBC added, which accounts for more than one mass shooting per day.
In the light of the recent school shooting, a couple days ago, President Joe Biden signed a bill regulating guns and improving gun safety, the first in over 30 years. The law includes enhanced background checks for people getting guns from ages 18-21, prevention of domestic violence perpetrators from owning guns, and incentives for states to enact “red-flag laws.” Red-flag laws “allow groups to petition courts to remove weapons from people deemed a threat to themselves or others,” NPR said.
“[The bill] doesn’t do everything I want,” Senator Chris Murphy, Senator of Connecticut, tells NPR. “But what we are doing will save thousands of lives without violating anyone’s Second Amendment rights.”
