The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that law-abiding Americans have a right to carry a handgun outside the home for self-defense, issuing a watershed constitutional ruling against firearm restrictions as the nation reels from a spate of mass shootings and its political leaders are divided over how to curb such violence.
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Supreme Court finds N.Y. law violates right to carry guns outside home
The 6-to-3 ruling clears the way for legal challenges to similar restrictions in California, New Jersey, Maryland, Hawaii and Massachusetts
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Updated June 23, 2022 at 10:46 p.m. EDT|Published June 23, 2022 at 10:48 a.m. EDT