New York holds special legislative session to pass gun control law

Move comes in response to supreme court ruling that gutted state's century-old handgun licensing law

Lawmakers in New York have begun a special legislative session with the intent of limiting the proliferation of firearms in public, after the US supreme court gutted a century-old state handgun licensing law.

The conservative-dominated court decided ordinary citizens had a right to arm themselves in public for self-defense, something New York had limited mostly to people working in law enforcement or security.