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New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen

Ruling by

Clarence Thomas

Lower Court

2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Lower Court Judge

Brenda K. Sannes

dissenting Judge(s)

Stephen G. Breyer
New York's proper-cause requirement violated the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms in public.



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