A “scandalous” and “stupid” decision that risks turning New York into a “Wild West”: leaders and residents of the state with some of the strictest gun laws in the United States, denounced the judgment Thursday of the Supreme Court which enshrines the right of Americans to leave their homes armed.
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The highest court in the United States has invalidated the ” restrictions to carry weapons prescribed by New York state law, even as America faces a spike in big-city crime and a chilling string of mass shootings, including two in May , in Buffalo (10 African-American deaths) et in a school in Texas (21 killed, including 19 children).
« It’s stupid, just stupid exclaims Sushmita Peters, a New Yorker from the popular borough of Queens who says she fears new massacres in ” school or hospital ». « From now on, you can’t trust anyone thinks this 23-year-old employee.
Of the the shock announcement of the Supreme Court’s decision in WashingtonKathy Hochul, Democratic governor of the fourth state in the country (20 million inhabitants), protested against a decision “ scandalous, absolutely scandalous ” who ” removes our rights to enjoy sensible restrictions on firearms. ” I’m sorry that dark day has come “added the chosen one.
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“Wave of violence”
On his side, New York City Mayor Eric Adamscultural mosaic with profound socio-economic inequalities of nine million souls, expressed his fear that the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence would fuel ” a wave of gun violence ».
This fiery African-American city councilor, a former police captain who has made the fight against gun violence the backbone of his mandate, promised ” cooperation to mitigate the risks created by this decision ». Car « we can’t let New York turn into the Wild West “, he launched.
Ms. Hochul also attacked the lack of ” second amendment limits of the US Constitution, referring to the 1791 provision that has protected the right to own a firearm in the United States for more than 200 years.
His Democratic colleague at the head of the justice of New Yorkthe very active Attorney General Letitia James, pledged to ” defend the constitutionality of laws of New York State in federal court.
New York worries
The Supreme Court’s ruling concerns a New York law that since 1913 has limited the issuance of concealed-carry permits to people who have reason to believe they might have to defend themselves, for example because of their occupation. or threats against them.
This legislation was being challenged in court by two gun owners, who had been denied licenses, and by a subsidiary of the powerful National Rifle Association (NRA), which campaigns for a literal reading of the second amendment of the Constitution. When questioned, residents of New York, a city that leans clearly to the left, expressed their ” worry so that more and more people can bear arms.
Like Laurent Baud, a 38-year-old businessman, who found ” people very comfortable in recent years because the city was very safe “, after the 1970-1980 decades of great violence. ” But it’s still New York and I think we still need to be careful “, he breathes.
Keith Evans, an 80-year-old retired health professional from Colorado, critical, fatalistic, of the American political system made up of the ” arms lobby, NRA and politicians who only think about their re-election ».
Only Sam, a 75-year-old New Yorker who refuses to give his name, finds that ” it’s a good idea, self-defense, because when someone knows you’re carrying a gun, they behave cautiously ».
Faithful to their position since always, elected representatives of the Republican Party praised the decision of the Supreme Court: their boss in the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, estimated on Twitter that the judgment ” guaranteed the right of law-abiding Americans to protect themselves without government interference federal.
But in the evening, the United States Senate passed a bill backed by elected officials from both major parties, with restrictions on access to guns and billions of dollars to fund mental health and safety. in schools. The project, adopted by 65 votes – including fifteen Republicans – against 33, has every chance of being validated in the House of Representatives on Friday.
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