Leroy N. Soetoro
2022-03-10 19:57:18 UTC
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/supreme-court-prepares-
to-hear-case-on-new-yorks-gun-permit-law
The Supreme Court is gearing up to hear a gun rights case that could mark
a monumental shift for firearm carriers and lead to an increase in the
number of people carrying guns in cities and states presently restricting
some Second Amendment rights.
Justices will hear the case on Wednesday, which centers on New York's
restrictive handgun permit law and whether challengers to the statute have
a right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense. Advocates for
Second Amendment rights hope the Supreme Court's 6-3 conservative majority
will see the law as too restrictive, while gun control proponents have
said any drop in restrictions could lead to more violence in the streets.
The Empire State's law in question has been in place since 1913 and states
that in order to carry a concealed handgun in public for self-defense, an
individual applying for a permit must demonstrate "proper cause," or a
real need to carry the firearm. The state issues permits under the
classification of restricted allowing the individual to carry a gun in
certain circumstances or unrestricted, allowing the individual to carry
a gun anywhere not otherwise prohibited by law.
Two private citizens, along with the New York State Rifle & Pistol
Association, are challenging the law and have alleged to the court that it
makes it effectively impossible for an ordinary, law-abiding citizen to
obtain a license to carry a handgun for self-defense."
President of the NYSRPA, Tom King, told the the Washington Examiner
Tuesday the case amounts to "unequal protection under the law," noting New
York has 62 counties where each county has a permit issuing officer who
"is a judge, sometimes a sheriff."
"You could have two or three judges in one county, and one of the judges
could be anti-gun," King said. "And if you were just unlucky enough to be
assigned to him, for your pistol permit, you're not going to get a
concealed carry permit. Whereas if you get one of the other judges who
believes in concealed carry, you'll get it."
The high court's last major gun rights decisions happened in 2008 and
2010, which established the right to bear arms as an individual right in
District of Columbia v. Heller and a national right to keep a gun at home
for self-defense in McDonald v. City of Chicago, respectively.
Most states allow residents to legally carry weapons when they go outside,
however, eight states, including California, some Eastern states, and the
District of Columbia, give the government complete discretion over the
issuance of carry permits.
In September, President Joe Biden's administration urged the Supreme Court
to uphold New York's handgun restriction, the Justice Department arguing
that justices should defer the legislative practice of imposing limits on
guns to protect public safety.
The highest court's hearing on the matter comes at a time when gun
violence has surged in major cities throughout the nation, creating a
climate that gun rights advocates say is a reason to be armed for self-
defense.
Former President Donald Trump's conservative appointees to the court
Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett were not on the
bench during the last major gun rights ruling. The three justices have
weighed on past Second Amendment rights cases, taking action on matters
that could give pro-gun advocates optimism for an outcome in their favor.
But gun control groups are hoping the conservative court could still
uphold the New York law. In a 7-4 vote earlier this year, judges on the
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a challenge to Hawaii's permit
regulations.
Conservative Judge Jay Bybee wrote in March that a "careful review of
history of early English and American regulation" found the "Second
Amendment does not guarantee an unfettered, general right to openly carry
arms in public," adding that "government has the power to regulate arms in
the public square."
The NYSRPA previously challenged another state law that imposed strict
regulations on gun owners' ability to transport their firearms outside
their homes, prompting lawmakers to change the law and pull the case
before the Supreme Court could rule.
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The Supreme Court is gearing up to hear a gun rights case that could mark
a monumental shift for firearm carriers and lead to an increase in the
number of people carrying guns in cities and states presently restricting
some Second Amendment rights.
Justices will hear the case on Wednesday, which centers on New York's
restrictive handgun permit law and whether challengers to the statute have
a right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense. Advocates for
Second Amendment rights hope the Supreme Court's 6-3 conservative majority
will see the law as too restrictive, while gun control proponents have
said any drop in restrictions could lead to more violence in the streets.
The Empire State's law in question has been in place since 1913 and states
that in order to carry a concealed handgun in public for self-defense, an
individual applying for a permit must demonstrate "proper cause," or a
real need to carry the firearm. The state issues permits under the
classification of restricted allowing the individual to carry a gun in
certain circumstances or unrestricted, allowing the individual to carry
a gun anywhere not otherwise prohibited by law.
Two private citizens, along with the New York State Rifle & Pistol
Association, are challenging the law and have alleged to the court that it
makes it effectively impossible for an ordinary, law-abiding citizen to
obtain a license to carry a handgun for self-defense."
President of the NYSRPA, Tom King, told the the Washington Examiner
Tuesday the case amounts to "unequal protection under the law," noting New
York has 62 counties where each county has a permit issuing officer who
"is a judge, sometimes a sheriff."
"You could have two or three judges in one county, and one of the judges
could be anti-gun," King said. "And if you were just unlucky enough to be
assigned to him, for your pistol permit, you're not going to get a
concealed carry permit. Whereas if you get one of the other judges who
believes in concealed carry, you'll get it."
The high court's last major gun rights decisions happened in 2008 and
2010, which established the right to bear arms as an individual right in
District of Columbia v. Heller and a national right to keep a gun at home
for self-defense in McDonald v. City of Chicago, respectively.
Most states allow residents to legally carry weapons when they go outside,
however, eight states, including California, some Eastern states, and the
District of Columbia, give the government complete discretion over the
issuance of carry permits.
In September, President Joe Biden's administration urged the Supreme Court
to uphold New York's handgun restriction, the Justice Department arguing
that justices should defer the legislative practice of imposing limits on
guns to protect public safety.
The highest court's hearing on the matter comes at a time when gun
violence has surged in major cities throughout the nation, creating a
climate that gun rights advocates say is a reason to be armed for self-
defense.
Former President Donald Trump's conservative appointees to the court
Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett were not on the
bench during the last major gun rights ruling. The three justices have
weighed on past Second Amendment rights cases, taking action on matters
that could give pro-gun advocates optimism for an outcome in their favor.
But gun control groups are hoping the conservative court could still
uphold the New York law. In a 7-4 vote earlier this year, judges on the
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a challenge to Hawaii's permit
regulations.
Conservative Judge Jay Bybee wrote in March that a "careful review of
history of early English and American regulation" found the "Second
Amendment does not guarantee an unfettered, general right to openly carry
arms in public," adding that "government has the power to regulate arms in
the public square."
The NYSRPA previously challenged another state law that imposed strict
regulations on gun owners' ability to transport their firearms outside
their homes, prompting lawmakers to change the law and pull the case
before the Supreme Court could rule.
--
"LOCKDOWN", left-wing COVID fearmongering. 95% of COVID infections
recover with no after effects.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Donald J. Trump, cheated out of a second term by fraudulent "mail-in"
ballots. Report voter fraud: ***@mail.house.gov
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.