George Rebane
SCOTUS on a good day for gun rights that removes the 'proper cause' requirement many states require/allow CCW granting jurisdictions to impose. The suit was brought against the state of New York. Writing for the majority, Justice Clarence Thomas was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, with Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan dissenting.
“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,'” ... “The exercise of other constitutional rights does not require individuals to demonstrate to government officers some special need. The Second Amendment right to carry arms in public for self-defense is no different. New York’s proper-cause requirement violates the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their right to keep and bear arms in public.”
See also 'The Many Ways to Regulate Militias'.
... and happy birthday, Clarence Thomas.
Posted by: Gregory | 23 June 2022 at 09:28 AM
And to think the City of New York tried their darnest to block this case from moving on, even rescinding the law, lol. They tried and all the King’s army and all the King’s lawyers did not want THIS case before SCOTUS.
Immediately I have to wonder about the Hawai County case that is creeping along. The one about open carry permits in that county, which has issued zero in 20+ years. All the guy wants to do is to open carry is gun when he is out for his daily walks in the jungle and over hill and over Dale. Strike that. All the guy wants is to be able to leave his hut with his gun. It’s only legal if the gun never leaves his abode.
That case affects CA and has passed the 9th circuit panel so far. Nevada County is going to wait until it goes through the courts before implementing any changes. New York concealed is the flip side of the coin of open carry, .i.e, bearing arms.
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 23 June 2022 at 11:18 AM
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This decision has all but declared the law in Cali to be unconstitutional.
I would expect anyone in this county arrested for carrying concealed without a permit to get let go unless they aren't legal to possess firearms until the law is straightened out.
Posted by: Gregory | 23 June 2022 at 03:21 PM
Shooting at a gay bar in Oslo, on PRIDE Day no less.
"Authorities said the suspect, a 42-year-old Norwegian citizen of Iranian origin, was believed to be a radicalised Islamist with a history of mental illness who had been known to intelligence services since 2015."
"The attack took place in the early hours of Saturday, with victims shot inside and outside the London Pub, a longstanding hub of Oslo's LGBTQ scene, as well as in the surrounding streets and at one other bar in the centre of the Norwegian capital."
Looks like the Norwegians have as good a group of diagnostic psychiatrists as we do here in the States. But without a right to carry. Looks like he traveled between 2 bars and in the street. A CCW guy might have stopped this halfway through or so.
Where is that Dept of Future Crime when we (or they) need it?
Posted by: The Estonian Fox | 25 June 2022 at 09:31 AM
"Where is that Dept of Future Crime when we (or they) need it?"
Well - there's a unit in Idaho:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/13/us/idaho-patriot-front-arrests-pride-what-we-know/index.html
They had "plans".
In Portland even after the crime, the police do nothing.
https://nypost.com/2022/06/26/abortion-protests-in-portland-turn-violent-after-court-ruling/
Posted by: Scott O | 26 June 2022 at 05:34 PM