New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen

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New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen is a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down New York’s restrictive concealed-carry licensing regime and significantly expanded the scope of individual gun rights under the Second Amendment.

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instanceOf Second Amendment case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
landmark decision ⓘ
affectsJurisdictions New York ⓘ
other states with may-issue concealed-carry regimes ⓘ
appliesConstitutionalProvision Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Second Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
clarifiesPrecedent District of Columbia v. Heller ⓘ
McDonald v. City of Chicago ⓘ
concernsLaw New York Penal Law provisions on handgun licensing ⓘ
New York’s “proper cause” requirement for concealed carry ⓘ
decisionType 6–3 decision ⓘ
establishesTest history-and-tradition test for Second Amendment regulations ⓘ
expandedRight individual right to carry firearms in public for self-defense ⓘ
hasCitation 597 U.S. ___ (2022) ⓘ
hasConcurrenceBy Amy Coney Barrett ⓘ
Brett M. Kavanaugh ⓘ
John G. Roberts, Jr. ⓘ
linked to: John G. Roberts Jr.

Samuel A. Alito, Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Samuel A. Alito Jr.
hasCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
hasDecisionDate 2022-06-23 ⓘ
hasDissentBy Elena Kagan ⓘ
Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
hasDocketNumber 20-843 ⓘ
hasLegalIssue Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms ⓘ
constitutionality of New York’s concealed-carry licensing regime ⓘ
public carry of handguns ⓘ
hasPetitioner Brandon Koch ⓘ
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. ⓘ
Robert Nash ⓘ
hasRespondent Kevin P. Bruen ⓘ
New York State Police Superintendent ⓘ
hasTerm October Term 2021 ⓘ
holding New York’s proper-cause requirement for obtaining a license to carry a handgun in public violates the Fourteenth Amendment. ⓘ
The Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual’s right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home. ⓘ
The proper cause requirement prevents law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms in public. ⓘ
impactsAreaOfLaw civil rights ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
gun control regulation ⓘ
joinedByInMajority Amy Coney Barrett ⓘ
Brett M. Kavanaugh ⓘ
John G. Roberts, Jr. ⓘ
linked to: John G. Roberts Jr.

Neil M. Gorsuch ⓘ
Samuel A. Alito, Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Samuel A. Alito Jr.
majorityOpinionBy Clarence Thomas ⓘ
overturnedLaw New York’s proper-cause standard for public carry licenses ⓘ
rejectsTest means-end scrutiny for Second Amendment claims ⓘ
relatedToCase District of Columbia v. Heller ⓘ
McDonald v. City of Chicago ⓘ

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Second Amendment to the United States Constitution → hasLandmarkCase → New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen ⓘ
Second Amendment to the United States Constitution → interpretedIn → New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen ⓘ
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen → holding → The Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual’s right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home. ⓘ
linked to: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen