Organizers are reeling yet determined following Supreme Court’s dangerous expansion of gun rights
On June 23, the Supreme Court ruled in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen that New York’s concealed carry law was unconstitutional. New York’s law, which was over 100 years old, required that a person who wanted to carry a concealed handgun in public needed to apply for a license and show “proper cause” illustrating their specific need to carry. In a 6-3 decision by the court’s conservative majority, the justices ruled that the requirement to demonstrate a need to carry violated the Second Amendment.
This decision has been heralded as a “extreme and dangerous expansion of the Second Amendment” by the gun control advocate group March for Our Lives, and is expected to increase the number of guns carried in the nation’s largest cities. March for Our Lives’ mission is to promote civil engagement, education and direct action by youth to eliminate the epidemic of gun violence.
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With the country still grieving the Uvalde school shooting in May that left 19 students and 2 teachers dead, March for Our Lives posted that this decision will lead to the deaths of other young people in the United States. Currently, the number one cause of death for children in the U.S. is gun violence and in this year alone, over 20,000 people have died from gun violence-related deaths.
This Supreme Court decision also comes on the heels of the nationwide March for Our Lives rallies, which drew over 40,000 people in D.C. and tens of thousands more across the country. March for Our Lives was started by teens who survived the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that killed 17 people in Parkland, Florida.
In the March for Our Lives rally in Austin, Texas on June 11, relatives of nine-year-old Jackie Cazares and one-year-old Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez — both murdered in the Uvalde school shooting — addressed the crowd. The Texas Tribune reported that Jackie Cazares’ 17-year-old sister Jazmin said “I am unbelievably angry, but I’m not going to turn my anger into hate. I’m going to channel that anger, and I’m going to create some real change.”
In response to the Bruen decision, March for Our Lives, Gays Against Guns, Youth Over Guns, Moms Demand Action, and the nonprofit Brady: United Against Gun Violence, organized a rally in Union Square for New Yorkers to voice their outrage and frustration over this decision. An additional rally, organized by Justice League NYC, an initiative of Gathering For Justice, will take place in Foley Square tonight.
March for Our Lives has also quickly organized other actions, including a mass call to discuss the legal implications of this decision, what actions advocates can take in response and other rallies and demonstrations.
Despite this attack on gun control, advocates remain optimistic that youth organizers will end the gun violence epidemic within their lifetimes. After meeting with over 70 Senate offices and testifying in Congress, March for Our Lives celebrated the Senate passage of a bipartisan gun control bill in a 65-33 vote, tweeting “Gun violence is the #1 thing killing us kids. We won’t stop until we’re ALL safe.”
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act would fund states’ implementation of Extreme Risk Protection Orders, also known as “red flag” laws, clarify the definition of a firearms dealer which would encourage increased usage of background check systems, prevent domestic abusers from purchasing firearms, increase funding for mental health services and strengthen background check procedures for purchasers under 21 years old.
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Source: https://wagingnonviolence.org/2022/06/organizers-reeling-determined-supreme-court-bruen-expansion-gun-rights/
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The letter of the law (2nd Am) is clear. New York’s radical abuse of power for 100 years is coming to a halt. All it took was Cuomo’s murdering of a few hundred thousand elderly New Yorkers to start waking up the people.
so misguided.. so uninformed!! just follow the facts
strict gun laws produces high gun deaths.
right to carry produces safe cities, good guys with a gun is saftey for all
democrat cities push God out of schools and what do you get? school shootings, pussy cops that stand down, dead children
democrats push abortion, fund planned parenthood,, what do you get? dead children
democrats push the covid scam death jab and what do you get? dead citizens and sterile children.. future births now in major jeapordy
Panic! Heavens! How will the Demoncrats enslave USA if guns OK? How can they forcibly inject lethal vax into citizens if they can defend themselves? Whatever will the coward cops do? Giving mothers the right to protect their child! (because we all know cops won’t)
Citizen kills terrorist while cops hide. Then once terrorist gone, the cops kill the hero. Many instances of cop coward behavior. Better results if you call a neighbor who is smoking crack, than the PO-LICE?
https://www.cpr.org/2022/06/22/olde-town-arvada-shooting-johnny-hurley/
Unintended Consequences, We the People by John Ross
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Uploads/129/Media/Unintended_Consequences.pdf
the great irony is thay tonight demoncrap cities will be burned down by demoncraps in demoncraps states where abortion will still be legal!! idiots