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SUPREME COURT DECISION:
βIn this case, petitioners and respondents agree that ordinary, law-abiding citizens have a similar right to carry handguns publicly for their self-defense. We too agree, and now hold, consistent with Heller and McDonald, that the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individualβs right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home,β Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the Courtβs opinion. Because the State of New York issues public-carry licenses only when an applicant demonstrates a special need for self-defense, we conclude that the Stateβs licensing regime violates the Constitution.β