United States second amendmentpublic carry

New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc v Bruen

597 U.S. 1 (2022)

JurisdictionUnited States

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

Year2022

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual's right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense, and a firearm regulation is constitutional only if the government shows it is consistent with the Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation.

Area of Law

constitutional

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