President Biden on Thursday called on Americans “to make their voices heard on gun safety” following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that a New York state law requiring people to show “proper cause” to carry a firearm is unconstitutional.
Mr. Biden said he is “deeply disappointed” by the ruling viewed as a major victory for gun rights advocates.
“This ruling contradicts both common sense and the Constitution, and should deeply trouble us all,” Mr. Biden said, noting that New York’s law had been on the books for more than a century.
The Supreme Court’s 6 to 3 ruling earlier Thursday split the justices down ideological lines, with the court’s three liberal justices saying they would have upheld the law.