The decision of the Supreme Court is a precedent that could mean changes to the Weapons Act elsewhere as well. California, for example, has a similar gun law as New York. President Joe Biden is disappointed with the Supreme Court’s policy.
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the New York State Gun Restriction Act. The Conservative-majority Supreme Court invokes Appendix 2 to the Constitution, which states that everyone has the right to carry a weapon in self-defense.
Under the repealed law, a person was allowed to carry a weapon in a public place if the weapon was hidden from view and he was able to prove that he had a special need for the weapon for self-defense.
The Supreme Court ruled to repeal the New York State Act by 6-3 votes. The Supreme Court last outlined the arms laws just as significantly more than a decade ago.
President Joe Biden expressed disappointment with the Supreme Court’s decision. President Biden stated on the White House website that “the decision is against both common sense and the Constitution and should be of deep concern to us all.”
“An ill-considered and reprehensible decision”
Politicians and citizens defending the restrictions of arms laws are shocked by the Supreme Court’s ruling.
– The decision is not just ill-considered. It must also be condemned. New Yorkers don’t want that, New York Governor Kathy Hochul says.
The law had been demanded to be repealed by two individuals and the influential National Rifle Organization NRA. The National Rifle Organization strongly defends the right of private individuals to own and carry weapons.
– The decision justifiably declares unconstitutional New York’s shameful attempt to restrict the rights conferred by the Second Addendum, Republican Congressman in New York Elise Stefanik says.
Stefanik is a staunch former president in the Republican Party Donald Trumpin supporter.
Congress is considering another direction
The Supreme Court made the decision even at a nationally relevant time. Congress is currently considering how gun laws should be changed to avoid mass shootings.
Coincidentally, a joint initiative by Democrats and Republicans in Congress to tighten arms laws jerked forward today. The Senate decided to take the parties’ compromise proposal for further consideration, despite a few gravel in the Republican camp.
The key point of the joint initiative is to further scrutinize the backgrounds of young gun buyers.
In the United States, there have been mind-boggling and sparking mass shootings in Texas, New York, and California, among others. Dozens of people have died in the shootings.
Opponents of the decision believe the Supreme Court does not understand the seriousness of the arms problem and the violence. The United States has more weapons per capita than any other country in the world.
– I fear that the interpretation of the law completely ignores these dangers and deprives the Länder of the opportunity to respond to these problems, Judge Stephen Breyer says.
A similar law applies in California
The decision of the Supreme Court is feared to lead to an increasingly widespread lifting of arms restrictions at a time when the majority of the population is in favor of the restrictions and there are repeated shootings in the country.
The settlement could later mean that state gun laws will be repealed in California, Maryland, Massachusetts and New Jersey, among others. They have roughly similar gun laws to the now repealed New York law.
If arms laws are repealed in these states as well, it will mean a relaxation of arms restrictions in big cities like Los Angeles and Boston, among others.
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