NYCLU Reacts to Supreme Court Overturning NY Gun Law
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In a 6 to 3 split decision, the United States Supreme Court has struck down a centuries old New York gun control law, holding that Americans have a right to carry a handgun outside the home for self-defense and that the New York law requiring a showing of special need for such a permit was too restrictive. Melanie Trimble of the NY Civil Liberties Union Capital District talks with Mark Dunlea of the Hudson Mohawk Magazine.