Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Ushers in New Era of Gun Debate

Members of the media gather around demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 21, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

In modern U.S. history, you can count on one hand the number of Supreme Court cases that clarify what the Second Amendment really means. The Bruen ruling is one of them.

In the recent New York State Rifle and Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen ruling, the court stated, for the first time, that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to carry a handgun for self-defense in public.