this is the most significant second amendment ruling in more than a decade. in a 6-3 decision, the court struck down new york s law that places restrictions on concealed handguns . that law was enacted more than a century ago. the majority of the court ruling, the constitution protects a person s right to carry a gun outside the home. jessica schneider is live in washington with these breaking details. jessica, what more was in this decision? erica, the supreme court here significantly expanding gun rights and expanding the scope of the second amendment for the first time since 2008. so this is a 6-3 decision written by the senior most justice, clarence thomas. what it has done is it has struck down a new york gun law that you restricted who could carry concealed handguns outside the home. it s a law that stood for more than a century. but the court has now said that that law cannot stand and that crucially here the constitution guarantees the right to carry a gun outside t
carry a gun in public just as you had a constitutional right as of 2008 to have one number home. and that s a big difference. you know, it s one thing to allow people to keep guns in their homes where obviously, you know, there are many threats in a home, accidental shootings, children getting ahold of weapons. but now that you have a constitutional right to carry one in public, bar fights, road rage, gang issues, i mean, this is a whole new dimension of opportunities for trouble, but also, i should point out, it is also an opportunity as justice thomas points out for people to engage in self-defense. that s the right he says people have, and that s why the constitution requires that all of us have the right to carry a gun in public.
hearing from the left and look at the real people that i ve loved ones that are no longer with us because of the failed policies of the past. harris: on the east coast we know this, in new york 25 ms-13 ms-13 victims killed here, this is something we see locally in the papers and on television, where are we right now with the president s dream or? there are members in your party and certainly democrats who say it doesn t go far enough. and republicans who say it goes too far and looks a lot like obama s administration. for our part in the house we ve got 79 cosponsors on the bill i authored with a couple of my teammates that we really believe are the consensus points for what the american people are looking for. strong border security, ending chain migration, ending the visa lottery, cracking down on sanctuary cities, addressing that gang issues. these are common sense proposals that the vast majority of the people we represent are behind.
terrible cycle of violence and thuggery that some young innocent children find themselves helplessly trapped in. talk about violence and thuggery. that s because on that unedited video, which goes on for a minute and 23 seconds, 35 different profane words exchanged between the child and at least three adults in the room during that period of time. they talk about gang issues. they talk about sexual issues. i don t know if you can really see it or if our viewers can see it, but the child holds up its middle finger during that exchange to the adults. it s very, very disturbing. the police officers association saying they basically have an obligation to share what s going on with the public. it s hard to even understand you can t even hear what s happening in the video because of the profanity back and forth. you hear these adult voices. who are the people in the video? well, we don t know specifically. the police officers association says that on the facebook posting that they too