US Supreme Court axes law that made it HARDER to carry a gun

THE US Supreme Court last night axed a New York law that placed strict limits on carrying guns outside the home.

In a landmark judgment, the court said the law was at odds with the Second Amendment of the US Constitution.

It follows a slew of mass killings including the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas last month. President Joe Biden said he was ‘deeply disappointed’ in the 6-3 ruling by the court’s conservative majority, three of whom were appointed by Donald Trump.

Mr Biden said: ‘This ruling contradicts both common sense and the Constitution, and should deeply trouble us all.’ Around a quarter of the population will be affected by the ruling, the high court’s first major gun decision in more than a decade. New York’s law says people need ‘proper cause’ to carry a concealed handgun in public.

The challenge was brought by the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association and two men seeking an unrestricted ability to carry guns outside their homes.

Brooklyn district attorney Eric Gonzalez said: ‘New York’s strong gun laws have saved lives for more than a century, and the Supreme Court’s decision to open the door for millions of New Yorkers to carry a concealed weapon is a nightmare for public safety.’ New York mayor Eric Adams said: ‘We cannot allow New York to become the Wild West.’ The National Rifle Association said the ruling was a ‘watershed win’.

Meanwhile, a furious US politician told a British journalist to ‘go back to your country’ in a debate over gun laws. Following an altercation over the Second Amendment, Republican Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said: ‘You have mass stabbings, lady. You have all kinds of murder and you’ve got laws against that.’

Channel 4’s Washington correspondent Siobhan Kennedy replied: ‘Not like the rates here.’ Mrs Greene said: ‘Well, you can go back to your country and worry about your no guns.’ The reporter replied: ‘That’s very kind of you.’