The Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling striking down a New York law requiring citizens to show “proper cause” in order to receive a license to carry a concealed handgun outside the home infuriated Gov. Kathy Hochul. After the decision was made public, the governor of New York tweeted “it is outrageous that at a moment of national reckoning on gun violence, the Supreme Court has recklessly struck down a New York law that limits those who can carry concealed weapons.”
If Gov. Hochul is big mad at this point, she probably wouldn’t be thrilled with a reality check in Justice Alito’s concurrence in the ruling:
Alito smacks down Breyer's raising of the Buffalo shooting in dissent. https://t.co/yZ1MfHzGV9 3/ pic.twitter.com/GrakpogFTc
— Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) June 23, 2022
Holy Moly. The Alito concurrence. Just straight fire. pic.twitter.com/kUa8nBebsd
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) June 23, 2022
That part of Alito’s opinion is in response to Justice Breyer’s dissent, which cited the Uvalde and Buffalo mass shootings as a reason to uphold the New York law.
…Interesting exchange between Alito and Breyer. Breyer raised Uvalde and Alito responds with Buffalo: "how does the dissent account for the fact that one of the mass shootings near the top of its list took place in Buffalo? "
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) June 23, 2022
Alito’s reality check is sure to make the Left’s day even worse.
Entire thing start to finish is Alito beast mode https://t.co/pNC7AJ8XR9
— Ben Williamson (@_WilliamsonBen) June 23, 2022
As the kids say nowadays, Based as f&$! https://t.co/eL0lSz8z7a
— Augie (@wristit19) June 23, 2022
That’s gonna leave a mark. https://t.co/bgXmTLWaNi
— Sean Bannion (@SeanBannion) June 23, 2022
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