Biden expresses disappointment over Supreme Court decision allowing citizens to carry weapons

US President Joe Biden on Thursday expressed "great disappointment" at the Supreme Court's decision to overturn New York State's firearms control law as "unconstitutional."

• Washington - Sputnik. "I am deeply disappointed with the Supreme Court's decision," the US president said in a statement.

• Joe Biden added: "This provision is contrary to common sense and the Constitution and will disturb us all."

• Biden urged states to continue to enact and apply so-called "common sense" laws.

Earlier in the day, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Americans were entitled to carry firearms in public, in a landmark decision that would prevent states from imposing restrictions on carrying such weapons.

The ruling of the majority of judges

which comes at a time when the country is experiencing a shocking increase in firearms offences, overturns a law in New York requiring people to prove that they need self-defence to obtain a firearm licence.

A recent report revealed that the United States had experienced 246 mass shootings in 2022.

The report from Gun Violence Archive, a non-profit organization that tracks shootings in America, stated that this is the same number of mass shootings in 2021 as of June 5.

One person killed and 8 injured by shooting at a gathering in New York

Police in New York City announced that one person was killed and 8 others were wounded by a shooting at a gathering early Monday morning in the Harlem neighborhood.

Police citing preliminary information said that at around 12:40 a.m., police responded to reports of gunfire on a footpath along the FDR road.

After arriving at the scene

the United States police found five people who had been shot, who were taken to hospitals for treatment, according to the Associated Press. "

1. Four other persons who were shot also arrived at hospitals for treatment, according to police.
2. Police indicated that a 21-year-old man died in hospital, with six men and two women wounded.
3. The authorities were conducting an investigation on Monday, but the police did not immediately have details on the assembly or the cause of the shooting.