Supreme Court Strikes Down NY Concealed Handgun Law; Frosh Says It Will Lead To 'More Deaths And More Pain'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% :A panel of judges on the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals held that New York's law did not violate the Second Amendment.
55% : They were represented by Paul Clement, a George W. Bush-era solicitor general who argued that that the Second Amendment ensures a right not just to "keep arms," but to bear them.
54% : "The Second Amendment is a disfavored right in this court," Thomas has previously said.
51% : "It is true that people sometimes congregate in 'sensitive places,' and it is likewise true that law enforcement professionals are usually presumptively available in those locations.
48% : The Biden administration supported New York and told the Supreme Court in a brief that while the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms, the right is "not absolute."
46% : In 2008's District of Columbia v. Heller, the court held for the first time that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms at home for self-defense.
44% : But expanding the category of 'sensitive places' simply to all places of public congregation that are not isolated from law enforcement defines the category of 'sensitive places' far too broadly," Thomas wrote.
43% : "It will make the lives of law enforcement more difficult and more perilous.

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