New York State Responds to Supreme Court's Gun Rights Decision

[Kamaji]

New York State Responds to Supreme Court's Gun Rights Decision By Requiring Personal Interviews and Social Media Account Info

By streiff
Jul 02, 2022

In response to the US Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (see Supreme Court Rules You Can’t ‘Bear’ Arms Unless You Can Carry Them for Self-Defense), New York Governor Kathy Hochul called a special legislative session. Bruen totally demolished the unconstitutional licensing schemes some states had dreamed up to prevent law-abiding citizens from exercising their right to self-defense. The purpose of the special session was to throw up more roadblocks that would delay the ability of New Yorkers to carry firearms. The New York Times sums up the law in this way:

The state’s new gun law bars the carrying of handguns in many public settings such as subways and buses, parks, hospitals, stadiums and day cares. Guns will be off-limits on private property unless the property owner indicates that he or she expressly allows them. At the last minute, lawmakers added Times Square to the list of restricted sites.

The law also requires permit applicants to undergo 16 hours of training on the handling of guns and two hours of firing range training, as well as an in-person interview and a written exam. Applicants will also be subject to the scrutiny of local officials, who will retain some discretion in the permitting process.

To say the least, this description sugarcoats what the new law does.

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What New York is trying to do is allow you to carry a weapon, but you just can’t carry it if you have a destination. The Supreme Court allowed states to restrict the carrying of firearms in “sensitive locations,” New York has responded by declaring the world outside your door is such a place. I am not a lawyer, but this strikes me as too cute by half, and I doubt that most of this bullsh** will survive court challenges.

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Source:  https://redstate.com/streiff/2022/07/02/new-york-state-responds-to-supreme-courts-gun-rights-decision-by-requiring-personal-interviews-and-social-media-account-info-n587916

[PeteS in CA]

Since the USSC’s decision was based on the overturned law being a barrier to exercising 2A rights, these new barriers should be enjoined and DOA, from the District Court level on up.