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A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments last week on the first significant Second Amendment case SCOTUS has accepted in over a decade.<\/p>\n
Their decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen is expected in June. The arguments heard disclosed the several ways in which New York has violated it’s citizen’s rights under the Constitution, and faced an uphill battle in defending its concealed carry permitting scheme.<\/p>\n
New York’s May Issue laws prohibit all but a select few from carrying firearms in public. Those that may do so only after proving to the government they have a \u201cgood cause\u201d for \u201cneeding\u201d to exercise the right.<\/p>\n
The High Court Heard a Critical Second Amendment Case<\/h3>\n
by Frank Miniter<\/strong><\/p>\n
The U.S. Supreme Court just held the argument America has been waiting for\u2014waiting for more than a decade as lower courts repeatedly disagreed on critical Second Amendment jurisprudence. Waited so long, in fact, that Justice Clarence Thomas actually lamented that the Second Amendment was being treated as a \u201cdisfavored\u201d right.<\/p>\n
The case is New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen. The New York State Rifle and Pistol Association is the NRA\u2019s affiliate in the state of New York. The basic question before the court is whether the Second Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights protects law-abiding citizens\u2019 right to \u201cbear arms\u201d for self-defense when they step out of their homes, and if so, whether New York can nevertheless make that right subject to a showing of extraordinary need that disqualifies most law-abiding persons.<\/p>\n
The Court\u2019s opinion might not come until the end of its term in June 2022, but just having an argument in such an important case was a big step toward a more robust application of the Second Amendment in our courts.<\/p>\n
While this case is focused on \u201cmay-issue\u201d laws in New York, it could impact America\u2019s other \u201cmay-issue\u201d jurisdictions (areas that give licensing officials the discretion to deny citizens the use of this constitutional right for seemingly any reason whatsoever).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
New York is one of the nine remaining May Issue states. Haven’t heard to odds on a favorable outcome, but 5-4 works.<\/p>\n
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