Supreme Court expands gun rights

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : The justices said that requirement violates the Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms."
52% : In a major expansion of gun rights after a series of mass shootings, the Supreme Court said Thursday that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense, a ruling likely to lead to more people legally armed.
49% : The Second Amendment, he said, "guarantees their right to do so."
47% : Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice and an expert on the Second Amendment, wrote on Twitter that the decision could be the "biggest expansion of gun rights" by the Supreme Court in U.S. history.
47% : About half of the voters in the 2020 presidential election said gun laws in the U.S. should be made more strict, according to AP VoteCast, an expansive survey of the electorate.
44% : About 8 in 10 Democratic voters said gun laws should be made more strict, VoteCast showed.
42% : An additional one-third said laws should be kept as they are, while only about 1 in 10 said gun laws should be less strict.
40% : Also Thursday, the sister of a 9-year-old girl killed in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, pleaded with state lawmakers to pass gun legislation.

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