"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 state's licensing regime violates the Constitution," Justice Thomas wrote for the majority. The court ruled in favor of the gun owners, thus bringing about the "widest expansion of gun rights in a decade," per CNN. State gun owners then sued, arguing that such a provision made it nearly impossible to obtain a concealed carry license. At the center of the case was a New York state law requiring concealed carry permit applicants to prove they had a "special need" for a permit exceeding just basic self-defense. Bruen ruled that the Constitution does in fact safeguard the right to carry a gun outside the home. In a 6-3 decision along party lines, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. Makin a "huge victory "for the freedom of religious parents to educate their children in the school of their choice on the same terms as non-religious parents," while Slate 's Mark Joseph Stern contended (as did dissenting justice Stephen Breyer) that the ruling has "the potential to dismantle secular public education in the United States." June 23: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. Writing for The National Review, Dan Mclaughlin called Carson v. The dissenting liberal bloc criticized the ruling for eroding the separation of church and state outlined in the Constitution.
Speaking for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts said states aren't required to support religious education, but those that "choose to subsidize private schools … may not discriminate against religious ones," The New York Times summarizes. Makin, the court ruled Maine must include religious schools in a state tuition program or else violate the First Amendment.
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