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In New York, they wanted to tighten checks on the purchase of weapons, but the US Supreme Court blocked this law

'24.06.2022'

Nadezhda Verbitskaya

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U.S. Supreme Court overturns New York law restricting gun rights, reports BBC News.

It expands gun rights amid fierce national debate over the issue. Because of it, more people will be able to legally carry weapons.

Court rules New York City law requiring residents to prove a reason for carrying firearms in public violates the US Constitution

Judge Clarence Thomas, speaking on behalf of six Conservative judges, ruled that Americans have the right to carry widely used firearms in public for personal protection.

But liberal judges - Elena Kagan, Sonya Sotomayor and Stephen Breuer - opposed.

In his dissent, Judge Breyer noted that gun violence has claimed many lives in the US this year.

“Since the beginning of this year alone, 277 mass executions have already been registered. And that's more than one a day on average,” he said.

The June 23 court decision clears the way for legal challenges to similar restrictions in Maryland, California, New Jersey, Hawaii and Massachusetts.

It comes against a backdrop of political divisions in the fight against gun violence. The situation was exacerbated last month by shootings at Uvalde Elementary School and a grocery store in Buffalo.

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President Joe Biden said he was deeply disappointed by the decision of the Supreme Court, because it is contrary not only to common sense, but also to the Constitution.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he would consider other ways to limit access to guns. For example, by tightening the procedure for buying firearms.

"We can't let New York become the wild-wild west," he remarked.

The National Rifle Association (NRA) celebrated the decision.

The gun lobby supported the plaintiffs in this case, Robert Nash and Brandon Koch. They applied for a concealed carry permit. But they were refused, despite having licenses to own weapons for recreation.

More than 390 million guns in the US are owned by civilians

In 2020 alone, more than 45 Americans died from gun-related injuries.

The Supreme Court's decision continues a steady series of rulings expanding the right to bear arms. And this right, both at home and in public places, is guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the US Constitution.

The last landmark decision on weapons, issued by the court, was made in 2010. It supported individual gun ownership rights in homes.

Meanwhile, on June 23, the Senate passed the first national gun control bill.

The new law includes measures such as expanding background checks on gun buyers under the age of 21, as well as providing funding to states that have emergency programs to seize guns from people deemed dangerous by a judge.

The bill will first have to pass the test in the US House of Representatives, and only then will it get to the table of President Biden for signature.

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