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At the same time, it indicated that many kinds of gun regulations are permissible.

Nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms, Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in 2016, wrote for the majority.

The question the justices agreed to decide in Wednesdays case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, No. 20-843, was whether the states denial of petitioners applications for concealed-carry licenses for self-defense violated the Second Amendment.

But the issue of restricting guns in sensitive places got a lot of attention at Wednesdays argument. Chief Justice Roberts asked Mr. Clement, for instance, whether states could say youre not allowed to carry on a university campus.

He said, I think the answer to your question is yes.

Justice Kagan seemed to think that was an important concession. You know, anybody can walk around the N.Y.U. campus, she said, referring to New York Universitys many buildings in and around Greenwich Village.

Mr. Clement responded, to laughter, that N.Y.U. doesnt have much of a campus.

Justice Kagan disagreed, as did Justice Breyer. To my mind, he said, to more laughter, I think NY.U. does have a campus.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked about the masses of people who sometimes gather in Manhattan.

Cant we just say Times Square on New Years Eve is a sensitive place because now weve seen, you know, people are on top of each other? she said. Weve had experience with violence, so were making a judgment, its a sensitive place.

Ms. Underwood said that Times Square is, at least in the absence of a pandemic, always crowded. When commerce is in full swing, she said, Times Square almost every night is shoulder-to-shoulder people.

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