New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen
597 U.S. 1 · U.S. Supreme Court
Holding and boundaries
Invalidated New York's proper-cause requirement for public carry and articulated a history-and-tradition test.
Scope and limitations: Objective licensing and other regulations may remain valid; subsequent cases refine the methodology.
1 issue placement
Gun Violence, Firearm Injury & Prevention
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Gun Violence, Firearm Injury & Prevention. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Objective licensing and other regulations may remain valid; subsequent cases refine the methodology.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Publication and provenance
The authority is published once; issue-specific orientation and fit remain separate placements. Analogue, contextual, and historical-adverse fits are not represented as controlling.
Published under research-publication-clearance-2026-07-21. deterministic validation and objective verification are not claimed.