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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 out ....
88 when the constitution of the united states of america was ratified. and i would like to point out to the supreme court justices that the only weapons at the time were muskets. i m prepared to go back to muskets. i don t think they envisioned the high-capacity assault weapon magazines intended for battl battlefields. but we ll have to disagree. and so, erica, you heard this echoed before, but the concern here is that when you live in a densely populated city like manhattan, that what is eventually going to happen because of this is that minor confrontations are now going to be escalated into violent ones. i mean, when you look at new york city right now, already looking at a 28-year high in terms of gun-related arrests. and so the question then becomes, since both state and local officials have been waiting for this, what possibly ....