Gun Rights Groups Respond to Supreme Court’s Ruling on Concealed Carry

Gun Rights Groups Respond to Supreme Court’s Ruling on Concealed Carry
A customer shops for a pistol in Tinley Park, Ill., on Dec. 17, 2012. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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Following the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that struck down certain laws regarding whether Americans have the right to conceal-carry a firearm, gun rights groups celebrated.

In a 6–3 majority opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the court agrees “that the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual’s right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home.” The case in question, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, can be considered the first major Second Amendment case to be heard by the Supreme Court in at least a decade. New York’s law had required an individual to show they had “proper cause” to obtain a concealed carry license.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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