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
travel situation? will it interrupt your summer plans? and pride month targeted. notorious extremist groups getting violent as they take aim at the lgbtq community. are some politicians providing cover and even incitement? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead. the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection is preparing its fourth hearing and they say they will show evidence donald trump was involved in a specific scheme, this one to submit fraudulent slates of electors, presumably in hopes any confusion would throw the matter from congress back to the states. tomorrow s hearing will feature georgia election officials brad raffensperger and gabe sterling. raffensperger is the georgia secretary of state who trump reportedly pressured to find some 11,000 votes so trump could falsely climb he won the state. we re also hear from the arizona house speaker rusty bowers who rudy giuliani allegedly pressured to let the stat
sixth amendment right to confront your accuser in court and you don t have to do it to exercise your second amendment rights either. the law in new york new york is a state that doesn t allow the open carry of firearms in public. the only way you can carry a firearm in public is to get a concealed carry permit. in order do that, you had to go to the sheriff and demonstrate some special need. it wasn t enough to say you want it for self-defense or you live in a high crime area or you have some need like that. you had to show why you as opposed to many other people should get a permit to carry a concealed weapon. the supreme court said today, that violates the second amendment. that s a restriction the second amendment doesn t permit. the unanswered questions are, first of all what about sensitive areas? will local governments have the ability to red line those and say, yes, you can get a concealed carry permit, but you can t carry your gun into these sensitive places? the su
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 the home. t
regulation. he notes that in his dissent, justice stephen breyer lists mass shootings and says guns have elevated all kinds of encounters with other people into violent acts, road rage, for example. in response to that, justice thomas says in a footnote, the right to keep and bear arms isn t the only right that has controversial public safety implications. i think you are right to say this is a landmark ruling. this is the first time the supreme court has said in american history what the constitution second amendment means when it talks about keeping and bearing arms. 14 years ago, the supreme court said in a case from washington that the second amendment for the first time in our history does provide an individual right to have a gun at home for self-defense. now the court has said, what about outside the home? i think with this language here, the court is also saying that states have to be very careful when they restrict second