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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Most of Restrictive New York Concealed Carry Gun Law; Next Stop SCOTUS

Posted by James Nault on November 22, 2024 36 Comments

Federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals upholds "good moral character" requirement of New York's concealed carry gun law, setting up expected showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court Sends Latest New York Gun Case Back to Appeals Court for a Re-Do

Posted by James Nault on July 04, 2024 49 Comments

Court kicks case finding New York concealed carry statute partially valid back to the Second Circuit in light of the recent SCOTUS Rahimi opinion, which held that laws temporarily disarming individuals who pose a credible threat to others are constitutional

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Groundswell of Second Amendment Cases Seems Destined for the Supreme Court

Posted by James Nault on March 17, 2024 50 Comments

Federal courts in blue states seem to be upholding the majority of gun control laws, even after landmark Supreme Court decisions upholding the fundamental right to keep and bear arms

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Second Circuit’s Partial Upholding of New York’s Gun Carry Law Appealed to SCOTUS

Posted by James Nault on February 29, 2024 37 Comments

"New York’s 'good moral character' standard is...a prohibited 'suitability' determination and, as the district court noted, is merely a surrogate for the 'proper cause' standard that was struck down in Bruen"

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Hawaiian Supreme Court: “Spirit of Aloha” Supersedes State Individual Carry Rights

Posted by James Nault on February 11, 2024 80 Comments

Court holds that Hawaii gun statutes requiring permitted carry do not violate the Hawaii Constitution nor the Second Amendment

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Legal Insurrection Authors’ Predictions For 2024

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 31, 2023 72 Comments

Don’t hold us to it

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Appeals Court Strikes Down Major Portions of New York State Gun Carry Law, But Allows “Sensitive” Places Restrictions

Posted by James Nault on December 10, 2023 28 Comments

The Court's 261-page opinion invalidates requirement to provide social media to reviewing officials and bans on concealed carry in businesses open to the public and houses of worship, but lets some other provisions stand, such as the required showing of "good moral character" and the ban on concealed carry in "sensitive" public places

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Challenges to New York’s End Run Around SCOTUS 2nd Amendment Ruling Argued At Second Circuit

Posted by James Nault on March 22, 2023 34 Comments

Court hears five separate challenges to New York's Concealed Carry Improvement Act in spirited, three-hour hearing - the result is anybody's guess

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Second Circuit to Hear First Comprehensive Post-Bruen Firearms Statute Challenge

Posted by James Nault on March 14, 2023 31 Comments

On March 20 the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals will hear oral argument in cases challenging New York's unconstitutional response to the Supreme Court's Bruen case, which held that there is a constitutional right to keep AND BEAR arms

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Liberal Groups File Court Opposition To NY Gun Control Law Requiring Disclosure Of Social Media Accounts

Posted by James Nault on February 15, 2023 30 Comments

Free Speech Institute at Columbia University files Extremely Persuasive Appellate Amicus Brief Excoriating New York's New Gun Control Law for Violating the First Amendment

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