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Arrington Issues Statement on Supreme Court Striking Down NY Gun Control Law

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Rep. Jodey C. Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision striking down a New York law requiring law-abiding citizens to “demonstrate a special need for self-defense” in order to apply for a public-carry license.

“In the most significant Second Amendment case since D.C. v. Heller, the Supreme Court reaffirmed American citizens’ God-given constitutional right of self-defense outside of the home,” said Rep. Arrington. “I joined an Amicus Brief to convey to the court my belief that the New York law unconstitutionally infringed on the Second Amendment rights of Americans, and I applaud SCOTUS for preserving the constitutional right of the people to keep and bear arms.”

Background:

• A New York law required public-carry license applicants to “demonstrate a special need for self-protection distinguishable from that of the general community.”
• In July 2021, Rep. Arrington joined 175 of his colleagues in signing onto an Amicus Brief challenging the constitutionality of the New York law.
• Today, SCOTUS struck down the New York law and issued an opinion stating “the constitutional right to bear arms in public for self-defense is not ‘a second-class right, subject to an entirely different body of rules than the other Bill of Rights guarantees.”