In Bruen, the court struck down New York’s century-old concealed-carry law, which required any individual to obtain a license before carrying a concealed firearm, and to show “proper cause” in order to obtain such a license. Our armed society sows mutual alienation and hostility, and it undermines Christian values and ideals. It is time for the church to make this a top concern, and for the bishops to call out the lawmakers and judges who enable our reckless gun culture. Thousands are maimed or killed in the United States each year thanks to readily available guns millions more are traumatized by the carnage. Bruen, a 6-3 majority of the court asserted a new and outrageous originalist standard that will fan the flames of our rabid gun culture and flood the public realm with more weapons, if that were even possible. In New York State Rifle and Pistol Association Inc. Wade last year were not so happy that the court also gutted gun control-in the midst of a national gun violence epidemic. Many Catholics who praised the Supreme Court for overturning Roe v.
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