New York and a half a dozen other states with similar laws now must decide their next steps. “We don’t need more guns on our streets.” “We do not need people entering our subways, our restaurants and movie theaters with concealed weapons,” she said. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat who called the decision reckless and said she was prepared to call the Legislature back into session to form a response. It drew swift reaction from New York Gov. The justices said that law conflicts with the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms. Under the law in place since 1913, New York residents needed to show proper cause, or an actual need, to carry a concealed handgun in public for self-defense. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York state law that had restricted who could obtain a permit to carry a gun in public.
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