On June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6–3 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen that expanded the right of Americans to bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. More accurately, the court significantly curtailed a state's ability to restrict citizens' right to carry firearms publicly for their self-defense.

The Bruen decision does not explicitly address the workplace. Nor does the ruling prevent businesses from enforcing their own restrictions on the possession and carrying of firearms at their facilities. But the court's decision recognizing a constitutional right to bear arms in public for self-defense may provide a foundation for subsequent challenges to private restrictions, including workplace bans on guns. Whether any such challenges will be filed and bear fruit remains to be seen.

The Bruen ruling struck down a New York law prohibiting individuals from carrying guns in public, but left open the question of whether states might still be able to ban guns from certain sensitive places. It stemmed from a challenge by two citizens who were denied licenses to publicly carry handguns under New York's state firearms statute. Individuals who desired to carry a firearm outside of the home could obtain an unrestricted license if they could prove that "proper cause exists," which required demonstration of "a special need for self-protection distinguishable from that of the general community." The two citizens'...

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