New York State Can Enforce Many Gun Restrictions, US Appeals Court Rules [View all]
Source: US News and World Report/Reuters
Oct. 24, 2024, at 11:04 a.m.
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal appeals court upheld large portions of an expansive New York state gun control law on Thursday, saying the state can ban people from carrying weapons in "sensitive" locations such as schools, parks, theaters, bars and Times Square.
In a 246-page decision, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan also let licensing officials prevent people they consider dangerous from using guns in public, by requiring gun applicants to show they have "good moral character."
But the three-judge panel also rejected parts of the 2022 law, including a gun ban on private properties that are normally open to the public, such as gas stations and supermarkets. The panel had ruled the same way in December, but revisited the matter after the U.S. Supreme Court - in a different case - clarified the constitutional protections afforded to gun owners.
"The overall message of this case is that the careful, thoughtful, public safety driven law in New York is consistent with the 2nd Amendment," said David Pucino, legal director of the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, in an interview. Lawyers for gun owners who challenged the law had no immediate comment.
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