U.S. Supreme Court Firearms Case Could Reshape Gun Control in America
American gun rights are being reconsidered as a new case contests whether individuals need permits, with proof of proper cause, to carry concealed handguns outside the home.
The U.S. Supreme Court could decide a case this term that would have major implications for gun rights and gun control measures going forward. On Wednesday, the court heard arguments in a case challenging New York state’s law that limits the right to carry concealed handguns. The central question in the case: How far can state and local governments go when regulating an individual’s ability to carry a gun outside the home?
“The Second Amendment is getting developed in our lifetimes right now.” –Eric Ruben, Southern Methodist University
Listen: A conversation on the Second Amendment and how it could soon be reshaped.
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Eric Ruben is an assistant law professor at Southern Methodist University and a fellow with the Brennan Center for Justice. Ruben says the current New York state law demands that anyone who wants to carry a handgun in public must have proper cause to receive a permit. Challengers of the case, he says, don’t want that requirement, believing it violates the Second Amendment. The case is now being heard before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ruben says the case could have far-reaching implications because there isn’t much federal precedent for the boundaries around our right to gun ownership. “The Second Amendment is getting developed in our lifetimes right now,” he says.
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