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Lately, the news has focused on the United States Supreme Court and its rulings. I’m concerned how all this will affect me. I live in the Bay Area and don’t

The tragic mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, this month has renewed calls for new gun control legislation, including a ban on so-called assault weapons. It also has raised new concerns about the Supreme Court’s June 23 decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, in which the court ruled that the Second Amendment right to bear arms includes the right to carry a handgun outside the home.

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

<p>Researchers suggest that the recently overturned New York state law did make residents significantly safer – from gun suicides – when it was passed more than a century ago. </p>

The Sullivan Act was named after Timothy D. Sullivan, of the most corrupt politicians of his age.

In September of 1997, as a newly minted officer, the New York City Police Department handed me a Glock 19 and gave me the authority to carry it concealed on the city’s streets. Born and raised in Brooklyn, it felt like an extraordinary privilege. In my rookie days, I would feel it on my hip and had to remind myself I was actually allowed to carry it. I needed it because I had promised to defend the lives of New Yorkers.

The 6 to 3 decision, which is the court’s most significant gun-rights ruling in more than a decade, voided the state’s Sullivan Act, a regulation that limited concealed carry handgun licenses to New Yorkers with specific defense needs.

The courts ruling will allow more Americans to carry guns in public and may wipe out restrictions in Massachusetts, Maryland, California and Hawaii.

The United States Supreme Court is set to rule on a New York case that could have bearing on how gun permits are issued in Massachusetts.

If the Big Apple respected the gun rights of its citizens, then police wouldn't have to work so much overtime, saving millions.