.thereidout Blog: The Supreme Court seems poised to give Second Amendment activists a huge gift
that prohibits individuals from carrying concealed handguns in public if they don’t have “proper cause” to carry.
If the law is struck down, the number of secretly strapped New Yorkers could rise rapidly. Other states around the country with similar requirements for gun owners will likely see challenges to their laws, as well, should the court toss the New York law. “Why isn’t it enough to say, ‘I live in a high-crime area, and I want to defend myself?” Justice Brett KavanaughThere’s little doubt Kavanaugh wants to gut the New York law. In 2011, gun rights activists challenged a Washington, D.C., ban on semi-automatic rifles and large-capacity magazines. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled against the plaintiffs. But Kavanaugh — then a judge for the appellate court — dissented, saying the ban was unconstitutional.
In one exchange with New York Solicitor General Barbara Underwood, conservative Justice Samuel Alito tried to paint a grim picture of New York to make his argument that more people should be allowed to secretly carry guns.
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