A gun-rights group asked the Supreme Court on Monday to block an Illinois city’s ban on assault weapons, saying it runs afoul of the high court’s precedent bolstering Second Amendment rights.
In the Bruen decision, the
ruled that New York’s law requiring individuals to show proper cause to obtain a carry license ran afoul of the Second Amendment.said the government must show that a gun control measure is consistent with America’s founding — or similar laws at the time — to meet Second Amendment guarantees. The justices wiped away New York’s law and measures in five other states that placed conditions on concealed weapons permits.
Justice Clarence Thomas’ majority opinion served as a lecture. He directed judges to start taking the’s Second Amendment jurisprudence seriously and said courts must determine whether a firearm restriction would have seemed reasonable to those who crafted and ratified the Second Amendment. If not, then the law must yield to the Constitution.
The ruling sent shockwaves through court systems and gave gun rights activists new ways to challenge state and federal measures restricting the use of firearms.
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