In a 6-3 decision that followed expected ideological lines and with the opinion of the Court written by Justice Thomas, New York's law on handgun licensing was deemed unconstitutional. In holding that the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect the right to carry firearms in public, the Court overturns New York law, which had required people who wanted to carry a handgun to show a "special need" to have the gun to defend themselves.

The case is New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, which came from the Second Circuit, which had upheld the New York carry law, as did the federal district court. But this was a case ripe to be overturned and Justice Thomas went right to the history books for the foundation of his argument.