ballpark, 50,000 people one place all on top of each other. we don t want guns there. the city and the state couldn t do that? while justice alito asked why law abiding new yorkers should be add disan advantage. all these people with illegal guns on the sunway and walking around the streets the ordinary hardworking law abiding people i mentioned no, they can t be armed. several of the justices seemed to be leaning in favor of reining in new york s current permitting process. though justice breyer noted how tricky it may for the court to find the right balance. what are we supposed to say in your opinion that is going to be clear enough that we will not produce the kind of gun related chaos? the case comes at a time when crime rates are surging in many large u.s. cities and amid the conversation on defunding or reimagining police departments as they currently exist. making the debate over how far the rights of self-defense extends, a very important one.