WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to preserve a federal law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. In their first guns case since last year’s expansion of gun rights, the justices suggested that they will reverse a ruling from an app...
New York gun law struck down In a 6-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that New York's concealed-carry firearms statute violates the U.S. Constitution. NEW YORK - In its first major gun ruling in more than a decade, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down New York&apos...
The court on an 8-1 vote ruled in favor of the Biden administration, which was defending the law — one of several federal gun restrictions currently facing legal challenges. The ruling indicates that some longstanding gun laws are likely to survive despite the court's 2022 decision that expand...
In a dissent, liberal Justice Stephen Breyer wrote the court's ruling "severely burdens States' efforts" to curb gun violence. "The primary difference between the Court's view and mine is that I believe the Amendment allows States to take account of the serious problems posed by gun violence...
The case involves some of the nation's biggest and most well-known gun companies, including Smith & Wesson, Beretta and Glock. They are urging the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling that allowed Mexico's lawsuit against them to proceed despite despite a 2005 law that broadl...
The Supreme Court has ruled that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense, a major expansion of gun rights.
The Supreme Court has struck down a New York gun law in a ruling expected to directly impact half a dozen other populous states. The justices’ 6-3 decision is expected to allow more people to legally carry guns on the streets of the nation’s largest cities — including New York, Los ...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down a century-old New York State law requiring gun owners to have probable cause in order to carry a concealed weapon. Elected officials in New York vowed to protect public safety and the local legislature passed the bill on Friday in an extraordinary...
In a6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision upholding New York's 108-year-old law limiting who can obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun in public. Proponents of the measure warned that a ruling from the high court invalidating it could threaten gun restrictions...
WASHINGTON (AP) — New York can for now continue to enforce a sweeping new law that bans guns from “sensitive places” such as schools, playgrounds and Times Square, the Supreme Court said Wednesday, allowing the law to be in force while a lawsuit over