As states with strict concealed carry laws respond to a Supreme Court decision striking down a similar law in New York, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan instructed state police to be less restrictive about which firearm owners in the state are granted concealed carry licenses.
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The law used to require a good and substantial reason for carrying a firearm, but that requirement has been removed by Hogan.
The governor said it would be unconstitutional to enforce the provision in light of the Supreme Court ruling.
There are still other restrictions on concealed carry that aren't affected by Hogan's directive.
Massachusetts Attorney General Healey said on Friday that state law enforcement can no longer enforce a provision requiring people to have a "good reason" for obtaining a license to carry a gun.
California, Hawaii, New Jersey and Rhode Island have concealed carry laws that are unconstitutional due to the Supreme Court ruling.
The Supreme Court ruled that states must rewrite their laws. A new law was enacted in New York last week to comply with the ruling. The law removed the requirement that licenses would only be issued to people with proper cause, but imposed a stricter process to get a license and established places where guns can't be carried. New Jersey's governor signed an executive order directing state agencies to determine where and how firearms can be carried. He indicated that he would like to work with lawmakers on similar legislation. Democratic state lawmakers said after the ruling that they would pass legislation if necessary to respond to the ruling.
New York's concealed carry law was found to be in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment by the Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision on June 23rd. New York's law was overly burdensome as individual officers had full discretion to decide who could and could not get a license, but also imposed an expansive view of Second Amendment rights. The new state legislation that imposes specific places where guns can't be carried was necessitated by New York's previous view of a "sensitive place" where guns are banned.
The court's view of the Second Amendment will affect gun control laws. Attorneys involved in gun cases told the New York Times that the decision could affect challenges to other state gun restrictions. Stephen D. Stamboulieh, an attorney for the Gun Owners of America, told the newspaper that the court was going to go farTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkia There is a lot to be done.
Some states have made their gun control measures even tighter since the Supreme Court ruled in favor of gun rights. Delaware banned assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and New Jersey made it easier to file lawsuits against firearms manufacturers and dealers, as well as imposing sweeping restrictions on firearms outside of concealed carry.
Seven people were killed at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, after a mass shooting in Las Vegas. The shooting was one of a number of killings that took place over the holiday weekend in Philadelphia, New York City, Chicago and Wisconsin.
The Supreme Court struck down New York's concealed carry law.
The Supreme Court ruled on gun laws.
There are new gun laws in New York. The story was reported by the Associated Press.
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