North Country NOW by JEFF CHUDZINSKI 9/6/2021
St. Lawrence County legislators have voted to adopt the legal argument in an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a lawsuit to expand Second Amendment rights.
The vote passed by a near unanimous margin, with Margaret Haggard being the only dissenting vote.
During a recent finance meeting, county attorney Stephen Button addressed the legislature regarding the case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Kevin P. Bruen.
Button went on to say that the case is a challenge to the definition of proper cause in the issuance of firearm licenses. The plaintiffs argue that proper cause is an impedance to the utilization of the Second Amendment as it was intended.
County officials attempted to define proper cause with legislation in 2015 in an effort to circumvent restrictions being placed on carry and conceal licenses by Judge Jerome Richards.
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