Los Angeles County concedes in concealed carry lawsuit

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What we know

Los Angeles County has conceded in a lawsuit over concealed carry. The concession resolves the legal challenge against the county.

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⚖ The Constitutional Angle

Bruen held the Second Amendment protects a right to carry handguns publicly for self-defense and struck down New York's requirement that applicants show a special self-defense need beyond the general public. Los Angeles County's concession reflects that framework: a public-carry restriction stands only if the government proves it is consistent with the Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation.

New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Kevin P. Bruen, Superintendent of New York State Police 597 U.S. 1 (2022)

Vote: 6-3 · Opinion: Thomas

New York's requirement that applicants demonstrate 'proper cause' — a special need for self-protection distinguishable from the general community — to obtain an unrestricted public-carry license violates the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms in public. The Court held the Second Amendment protects a right to carry handguns publicly for self-defense, and rejected the two-step means-end framework lower courts had applied after Heller.

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