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The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 6-3 that New York regulations that make it difficult to obtain a license to carry a concealed pistol are unconstitutionally restrictive and that it should be easier to obtain such a license.
The existing standard required the applicant to indicate a “correct reason” for seeking a license and allowed New York City officials to exercise judgment in determining whether a person had demonstrated a sufficiently valid reason for the need to carry a firearm. Saying that one wants to protect oneself or one’s property was not enough.
“In this case, the petitioners and the respondents agree that ordinary law-abiding citizens have a similar right to carry pistols in public for their own self-defense. We also agree and now believe, in accordance with Heller and MacDonald, that the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect the right of the individual to carry a self-defense pistol outside the home, “Judge Clarence Thomas wrote in the Court’s opinion. “Because the state of New York issues public transportation licenses only when the applicant demonstrates a special need for self-defense, we conclude that the state’s licensing regime violates the Constitution.
Case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. against Bruen, was the first major arms rights case before the Supreme Court in more than a decade.
During the oral proceedings, it seemed likely that conservative court judges would rule against the state.
“Why isn’t it good enough to say that I live in an area of violence and I want to defend myself?” Judge Brett Cavanaugh asked.
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In exchange for Judge Samuel Alito, New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood acknowledged that if the complainant said leaving late at night and had to walk from a subway station through a high-crime neighborhood to return home, this man would be denied because they did not cite a specific threat.
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“How is this in line with the fundamental right to self-defense?” Alito asked, saying this was the basis of the Second Amendment.
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The Conservatives said it would be reasonable to have restrictions on where concealed firearms could be carried.
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