The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a 6-3 Conservative majority decision striking down New York State’s laws requiring gun owners obtain concealed carry permits to be armed in public.
Per University of Texas law Professor Steve Vladeck, the decision isn’t quite the apocalyptic live-fire zone ruling some may have anticipated, explaining “Kavanaugh and the Chief make clear in their concurrence that the Court is only striking down six states’ ‘may-issue’ laws. The 43 states with ‘shall-issue’ licensing regimes ‘may,’ in their words, ‘continue to [have them],'” making it sound as if a simple legislative patch would restore the permitting systems but require applicants to demonstrate a clean record rather than an affirmative need to carry a weapon.