(Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Brandon Bell/Getty Images The court continues to release opinions as the country awaits a major case decision pertaining to abortion rights. Supreme Court Building on Jin Washington, DC. WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 21: A view of the U.S. Justice Samuel Alito, in a concurring opinion, pushed back: “And how does the dissent account for the fact that one of the mass shootings near the top of its list took place in Buffalo? The New York law at issue in this case obviously did not stop that perpetrator.” “I fear that the Court’s interpretation ignores these significant dangers and leaves States without the ability to address them.” “The primary difference between the Court’s view and mine is that I believe the Amendment allows States to take account of the serious problems posed by gun violence that I have just described,” Breyer wrote. Thursday’s ruling “severely burdens States’ efforts” to curb gun violence, Breyer wrote. In a dissent joined by the other liberals, Justice Stephen Breyer noted the spate gun violence and said that the court, listing several recent shootings, including the massacre at the Buffalo grocery store earlier this year. “In the wake of the horrific attacks in Buffalo and Uvalde, as well as the daily acts of gun violence that do not make national headlines, we must do more as a society – not less – to protect our fellow Americans.” “This ruling contradicts both common sense and the Constitution, and should deeply trouble us all,” Biden said in a statement. President Joe Biden, who is working with Congress on gun control legislation, said he is “deeply disappointed” with the decision. “We too agree, and now hold, consistent with Heller and McDonald, that the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual’s right to carry a hand- gun for self-defense outside the home.” “Only if a firearm regulation is consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition may a court conclude that the individual’s conduct falls outside the Second Amendment’s unqualified command,” Thomas said. In his opinion, Thomas said that going forward the government “may not simply posit that the regulation promotes and important interest,” instead he said the judges must look to text and history when deciding whether a law passes muster. Supreme Court strikes down New York's handgun law The US Supreme Court is seen in Washington, DC on February 8, 2022. Twenty-five states generally allow people to carry concealed weapons in most public spaces without any permit, background check or safety training, according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Only about a half dozen states have similar laws to New York’s – California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts and New Jersey – have similar regulations, but those states are comprised of some of the most densely populated cities in the country. “We’re in for a whole new slew of litigation challenging any and every gun-control measure in light of the analysis in today’s ruling,” Vladeck said.Ĭritics say the ruling will impair sensible solutions they think can curb gun violence. “The majority’s expansion of what the Second Amendment protects will have monumental ramifications far beyond carrying firearms in public – on everything from age restrictions to assault weapons bans to limits on high-capacity magazines,” said Steve Vladeck, CNN Supreme Court analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law. Senate will take critical vote to advance bipartisan gun bill toward final passage
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