Supreme Court said, thursday americans have the right to
carry a handgun outside the home for self defense and
that striking down a new york law that required a
special need for a permit. The ruling puts similar
laws in five other states now at risk. The
Second Amendment justice Justice Clarence thomas wrote for the majority
quote, protects an individual's right to carry a handgun
for self defense outside the home. The decision has
far reaching implications. That comes as mass shootings have
renewed the debate over gun control. The vote in
the Supreme Court was 6-3 with the courts, three
liberal members dissenting New York Governor Kathy Huckle calling the
ruling quote, shocking. Meanwhile, the world of
politics waking up this morning, our aerial Hickson is
live in our nation's capital, bringing us a closer
look at this opinion on gun rights. Good morning
, Ariel, good morning baker and Hannah. Now
the Supreme Court has struck down a new york law
, as you mentioned, restricting who can carry a
firearm in public, so we have to break it
all down the court in the 6 to 3 decision
with conservatives in the majority and liberals dissenting ruled that
a new york law requiring people to prove they have
a special need for self defense before getting a concealed
carry license violated the Second Amendment. The holding endangers
laws and up to seven other states, including California
hawaii Maryland massachusetts and New Jersey Justice Clarence thomas writing
for the majority said quote, because the state of
new york issues public carry licenses only when an applicant
demonstrates a special need for self defense, we conclude
that the state's licensing regime violates the constitution. Supreme
Court decisions in 2000 and eight and 2010 authorized the
right for people to have a gun at home for
self defense. This time around, though, the
court was deciding on the right to carry a gun
outside of the home, according to the Giffords Law
Center to prevent gun violence, 25 states generally allow
people to carry concealed weapons in most public spaces without
any permit background check or safety training. This decision
marks the most dramatic expansion of gun rights since those
cases in over a decade, were still awaiting decisions
on in cases on immigration, climate change regulation and
of course abortion from the High Court, we could
see those as soon as today. Well, aerial
sticking with guns. What's the latest on the bipartisan
gun safety bill in Congress? Well, the Senate
passed the bill just last night with 65 to 33
with 15 republicans joining all democrats in voting for passage
and now heads over to the House where it's expected
to pass. And that vote should happen in the
early to middle part of the day today, since
lawmakers are eager to get home to start the july
4th recess. And once that happens, it will
head to President biden's desk for signature and we will
officially have the most significant federal gun law since the
nineties on the books. Alright, Ariel Hickson,
live from our nation's capital, Ariel, thank you
so much for that.