U.S. Supreme Court Expands Gun Rights in Major Decision
The Bruen decision struck down a New York law that limited who could carry concealed weapons outside the home.
The U.S. Supreme Court has expanded gun rights in a major decision that struck down a New York law that restricted concealed carry outside the home by limiting it to those who could show unique self-defense circumstances.
The Court found that such a subjective test violated the U.S. Constitution.
"The constitutional right to bear arms in public for self-defense is
not 'a second-class right, subject to an entirely different body of rules than the other Bill of Rights guarantees,'" the Supreme Court wrote in its June 23, 2022, decision.
The Bruen decision was authored by Justice Clarence Thomas. He was joined by Justices Sam Alito, John Roberts, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.
You can read the court's decision here. The court held, "New York’s proper-cause requirement violates the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing la