Thread by @igorvolsky

1/ SCOTUS has announced it will hear New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Corlett, a case that challenges a NY law requiring ppl who wish to carry a handgun *in public* to demonstrate “proper cause” in order to obtain a license

🧵 on why this could threaten safety

2/ New Yorkers can obtain restricted licenses to carry guns in public, but to obtain one without restrictions an individual must “demonstrate a special need for self-protection distinguishable from that of the general community or of persons engaged in the same profession"

3/ Now, NY's licensing law has been in place since 1913 and it has *promoted public safety*

New York has some of the strongest gun laws in the country and the 2nd-lowest gun death rate. giffords.org/lawcenter/gun-…

3/ You can get a full breakdown of NY's gun licensing law here: giffords.org/lawcenter/stat…

13 states currently have some kind of licensing law in place and those laws have reduced homicide and suicide rates: thetrace.org/2015/07/gun-pe…

4/ In addition to saving lives, restrictions on firearms outside of the home have a long history in America.... in fact that's part of the reason why a Bush appointee on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the NY gun licensing system

5/ As my former colleague @imillhiser explains, restrictions on firearms in public spaces go all the way back to our nation's founding: vox.com/2021/4/26/2236…

@imillhiser 6/ But we now have a Supreme Court that may be game to re-interpret 2A - to find for the first time that that amendment also gives Americans the right to carry guns outside of the home regardless of the threat that poses to public safety. That kind of ruling is a danger to us all