Status: 06/23/2022 7:10 p.m
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In a far-reaching ruling, the US Supreme Court has made it easier to carry firearms in public. It declared a restrictive provision in the state of New York unconstitutional.
Von Julia Kastein, ARD-Studio Washington.
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It’s a defeat for New York – and for supporters of stricter gun laws throughout the USA: The Supreme Court has now overturned a state gun law that was over 100 years old as unconstitutional.
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Julia Kastein
ARD-Studio Washington
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According to the previous regulation, people were only allowed to carry their handguns in public if they had a corresponding license. And so far, this license has only existed if the weapon bearer can prove a special reason that they absolutely need the weapon for self-defense.
Weapon for self defense
But that very precondition violated every American’s constitutional right to carry a gun, especially in self-defense in public, Chief Justice Clarence Thomas said in his more than 60-page ruling.
The other five conservative judges also voted to repeal the New York law. The three liberal judges, on the other hand, said that this decision seriously complicates the states’ attempts to reduce the risk of gun violence.
US Senate tightens gun laws
Laws similar to those in New York have also existed in a handful of other states, and their future is also in question after the current decision.
After the mass murders in Buffalo and Uvalde, Democrats and Republicans in the US Senate agreed in principle to slightly tighten gun laws for the first time in decades. For example, it should then become more difficult for violent criminals to legally acquire a weapon. The corresponding draft law is to be passed before the summer break.
Supreme Court rules against gun restrictions in New York
Julia Kastein, ARD Washington, June 23, 2022 5:49 p.m
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