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New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen
597 U.S. 1
Holding / constitutional rule
Held that the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect carrying a handgun for self-defense outside the home and articulated a historical-tradition framework for firearm regulation.
Why it matters
A major modern Second Amendment case governing review of gun regulations.
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