Black Gun Owners Eager to Flex Carry Powers After N.Y. Law Falls

Black gun rights groups are seizing on a Supreme Court ruling that makes it easier to carry handguns in public, touting it as an important vindication of their rights to self-defense and an opportunity to reshape the debate in the Black community over gun ownership six years after the killing of Philando Castile.

The justices in a 6-3 decision in June struck down a New York state law on concealed carry that restricted the carrying of handguns in public by most people.

The decision, coming amid a wave of mass shootings, has sparked worries about public safety, and raised questions ...