'Devastating': Supreme Court blows massive hole in state gun control efforts

In a decision with sweeping and grave implications for gun control laws across the country, the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down New York state's restrictions on the concealed carry of firearms in public.

Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern warned that the high court's 6-3 decision—penned by Justice Clarence Thomas—"goes so, so far beyond concealed carry."

"It's difficult to overstate how devastating Thomas' opinion is for gun control laws," Stern wrote. "The Supreme Court has effectively rendered gun restrictions presumptively unconstitutional. This is a revolution in Second Amendment law."

The ruling in the case, officially titled New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, comes in the wake of horrific mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York.

The now-invalidated New York law required applicants for a concealed-carry permit to demonstrate "proper cause" and "good moral character" before gaining state approval. The Supreme Court's right-wing majority deemed those requirements a violation of the Second Amendment.

Several other states—including California, Hawaii, Maryland, and Massachusetts—have similar laws.

"This is devastating," Democratic New York State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi tweeted in response to the ruling. "Expand the Supreme Court."

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SheCallsMeCrushDaddy · M

Strict gun laws only work when people actually obey them. Signed, Chicago

Graylight · 51-55, F

@SheCallsMeCrushDaddy There's no firearm ban in Chicago and hasn't been one for more than a decade; the majority of those used are stolen from the original owners. Signed, Logic & Reality

SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

@Graylight Weird, did he say firearms ban? I think he said something about strict gun control laws, not a firearms ban.

[quote]Signed, Logic & Reality[/quote]

I'd like to see their IDs, not sure that's the true Logic and Reality.

SheCallsMeCrushDaddy · M

@Graylight having worked with inmates the past 32 years, I can tell you that they arent concerned in the least bit with gun laws. They are not a deterrent in the least. But, what do I know, I've only been working in the legal system for three decades. I would say though that the penalty for committing a crime for a firearm should be much worse than it is now. If you hit violent offenders with a very lengthy sentence, if nothing else, you can keep them off the street.

Graylight · 51-55, F

@SheCallsMeCrushDaddy I work with offenders, too, and inside their heads. They don't enter in here.

I don't have any argument over gun laws. This nation needs fewer guns, period; at least temporarily. All evidence and data suggest this. And countries [i]can[/i] transition from a gun culture to a gun-free country; all evidence and data suggest this. And no, the US is no different in any fundamental way that imbues it with magical defiance of proven history; all evidence and data suggest this.