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Supreme Court decision creates confusion over which firearm restrictions are constitutional

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The Supreme Court's Bruen decision has left confusion over what firearm restrictions are constitutional. Many regulations have been challenged in court since. Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a New York law limiting the concealed carry of handguns in public areas, there has been an increasing lack of clarity on gun restrictions , experts told ABC News. MORE: What to know about major New York Second Amendment case in Supreme Court ruling "The [New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen] decision really opens up a whole new way of analyzing the legality of firearm regulation and so there is no experience really to go by, so it's essentially a free for all," Michael Siegel, a faculty member at Tufts School of Medicine who studies firearm violence, told ABC News in an interview. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker looks to supporters in Chicago on Nov. 8, 2022, after he won reelection. Nam Y. Huh/AP, File Siegel said the Bruen decision created a new system for...