Supreme Court Strikes Down New York Gun Law, Expanding Gun Rights

The 6-3 decision strike down a New York law requiring people to demonstrate a need in order to get a license to carry a gun in public.

The Supreme Court said Thursday that Americans have a right to carry guns in public, a major expansion of gun rights.

The justices’ 6-3 decision follows a series of recent mass shootings and is expected to ultimately allow more people to legally carry guns on the streets of the nation’s largest cities — including New York, Los Angeles and Boston — and elsewhere. About a quarter of the U.S. population lives in states expected to be affected by the ruling, the high court’s first major gun decision in more than a decade.

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