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TexasTowelie

(116,854 posts)
Mon Feb 5, 2018, 04:04 AM Feb 2018

Rifle & Pistol group files federal lawsuit challenging conceal-carry laws

The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of state regulations that prohibit many gun owners from carrying their firearms in public areas without judicial authorization.

Buoyed by a recent federal appeals court decision that dismantled strict gun-control laws in the District of Columbia, the lawsuit filed in Albany this week seeks to open up a court challenge on whether constitutional rights under the Second Amendment extend beyond the home.

“We’re going to try to get the courts, particularly in New York, to look at the Second Amendment as a right that extends to everybody no matter where they may be, with some restrictions,” said Tom King, president of the roughly 35,000-member Rifle & Pistol Association.

The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Albany this week on behalf of Robert Nash, whose application for a conceal-carry permit was rejected two years ago by state Supreme Court Justice Richard C. McNally, Jr.

Read more: http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/280176/rifle-pistol-group-files-federal-lawsuit-challenging-conceal-carry-laws/

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Rifle & Pistol group files federal lawsuit challenging conceal-carry laws (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2018 OP
Good Grief! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2018 #1
I bet it's just a ploy to get safeinOhio Feb 2018 #2
Another gun group supportive of donald trump and hatred. Hoyt Feb 2018 #3

Rhiannon12866

(222,433 posts)
1. Good Grief!
Mon Feb 5, 2018, 04:18 AM
Feb 2018

There may be places in this country where people don't panic if they see someone carrying a gun in public, but I can't see that ever happening here. And I sure wouldn't want to find out!

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