The Supreme Court said Thursday that Americans have a right to carry guns in public, a major expansion of gun rights.
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in a major case involving whether there's a fundamental right to carry a concealed gun outside the home in public for self-defense.
The case focused on a century-old New York state law that requires gun owners to show"proper cause" -- or a specific special need -- to carry a handgun in public.6-3 to strike down the New York law. Thomas writes that the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual's right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home.
"Because the State of New York issues public-carry licenses only when an applicant demonstrates a special need for self-defense, we conclude that the State's licensing regime violates the Constitution," Thomas wrote in the opinion. "In keeping with Heller, we hold that when the Second Amendment's plain text covers an individual's conduct, the Constitution presumptively protects that conduct. To justify its regulation, the government may not simply posit that the regulation promotes an important interest. Rather, the government must demonstrate that the regulation is consistent with this Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation.
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