WASHINGTON: The
Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal to expand
gun
rights in the
United States
in a
New York
case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense.
The case marks the court's first foray into gun rights since Justice
Amy Coney Barrett
came on board in October, making a 6-3 conservative majority.
The justices said Monday they will review a lower-court ruling that upheld New York's restrictive gun permit law. The court's action follows mass shootings in recent weeks in Georgia, Colorado and
California
.
The court had turned down review of the same issue in June, before Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death.
New York is among eight states that limit who has the right to carry a weapon in public. The others are: California, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island.
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