JUST IN: Supreme Court strikes down gun law that requires license for public firearm carry abc15
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a New York gun law that requires a license for public carry of a firearm violated the Second and 14th Amendments.
"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," Thomas wrote."Nothing in the Second Amendment's text draws a home/public distinction with respect to the right to keep and bear arms, and the definition of 'bear' naturally encompasses public carry," Thomas wrote.
Thomas noted, however, that some places might be off-limits to allowing the public to carry firearms. Thomas also noted that states can still enact laws that limit who has access to weapons. "Nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as s and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms," he wrote.
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