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
antique. this ruling is coming at a tense time. we have seen back-to-back shootings people dying and people really feeling emotional. we saw an 11-year-old go to congress who had to smear blood on her because we have to remember that, begging for something to be done so that she feels safe in school and can go to school again. it s of course, in talking to people who are advocates for new gun laws and restrictions, this is devastating to them. they feel like this will make america less safe. they feel like this is going to make kids there s a statement that says, this is going to kill more children. that was put out by the march for lives group that was started in part by the student who survived the parkland shooting. we have a uniquely american problem here. we have school shootings and we have mass shootings where you don t see it anywhere else in the world. joyce s point about new york looking more like alabama really cuts to the heart of what s happening in this country. we ha