Washington Examiner by Melissa Quinn May 06, 2019
The Supreme Court had gun rights advocates cheering months ago when it decided to take up a case involving New York City’s law prohibiting licensed handgun owners from transporting their firearms outside city limits.
But the city is now saying the case could be rendered moot.
Efforts by the New York City Police Department and city officials to change to the restrictions at issue in the case have gun owners and gun rights advocates crying foul, as they argue it’s a transparent move by the city to preempt a ruling from the Supreme Court, which would be its first in a Second Amendment case in a decade.
“This was just a blatant attempt to stop the court case, and the changes they proposed were miniscule,†Tom King, executive director of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, which is challenging the measure, said. “This is their last-gasp measure to stop the case.â€
The law at the center of the case bans New York City residents with so-called premises licenses from transporting handguns outside the city, which the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, an affiliate of the National Rifle Association, and three handgun owners say violates the Second Amendment.
Firearms owners are, however, allowed to take their handguns to and from the seven small arms ranges or shooting clubs located in New York City.
But two of the gun owners challenging the ban want to take their handguns to target ranges and shooting competitions outside of New York City, while the third seeks to bring his firearm to his second home in upstate New York.
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