WASHINGTON — Two upstate New York Republicans in the House of Representatives are preparing to introduce legislation urging federal courts to overturn a new state law that bans guns from “sensitive” locations, including Times Square, and allows concealed carry applicants. Social media background checks.
Reps. Claudia Tenney, who represents an area east of Rochester, and Alice Stefnick, who represents a vast northern district bordering Canada, are in a legal battle over the Concealed Carry Improvement Act that went into effect last month – Supreme Court to replace century old law Dropped in June.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City on Wednesday allowed state officials to continue enforcing the law after federal Judge Glenn Sudabi of Syracuse. stopped it America’s Gun Owners Sue Pending.
“The [Supreme Court’s] NYSRPA vs. Bruen The decision upheld Americans’ right to concealment and struck down state laws that violated our Second Amendment right. But Democrats in New York, led by Governor Cathy Hochul, ignored that court’s decision and enacted an apparently unconstitutional law,” said Tenney, author of resolution of the house To be presented on Friday.
“While the legal challenges against this law work their way through the courts, I am honored to once again stand up in support of the rights of the people of New York. And Bear arms,” Tenney said.
Stefanik, an original sponsor, said, “Kathy Hochul’s gun-grabbing law is unconstitutional and a direct attack on our upstate rights and values.”
“The courts must immediately declare the Covert Carry Improvement Act unconstitutional,” the House resolution said.
The bill takes issue with state law restrictions on where guns can be brought, as well as new social-media background checks.
,[T]The CCIA requires concealed license applicants to provide 3 years of social media posts for licensing officers to review their ‘character and conduct.[T]Their social media reviews use overly broad language that may violate the First and Fourth Amendment rights of concealed carry license applicants and can be used to target individuals based on their political opinion.
It also states that the law “abuses the ability of the state to declare certain places as ‘sensitive places’ where concealed carry is not permitted,” including “Times Square”, all demonstrations and gatherings, and the announcement of public footpaths.”[s]for being a ‘sensitive location'” and alleged that it “violates the rights of private property by automatically declaring all private property as a ‘sensitive location’.”
new state law “public transport,” “educational institution,” “public park,” “any place of worship,” bar, “any assembly of persons expressing their constitutional rights to protest or assemble collectively” Defines sensitive places in and “the area commonly known as Times Square.”
New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, is defending the new law in court and said in a statement this week that “this common-sense gun control law is critical in our effort to reduce gun violence in our state” in the shootings. More murders amid the rise
The New York state concealed carry law was part of a broader change to federal courts requiring states to issue concealed carry permits if gun-owners clear objective constraints, such as background checks, “can issue” standards. which allow more discretion and burden on the applicant to prove his need for a permit.
Sponsors of the new federal law include Reps Darrell Issa (R-California), Scott DesJarlis (R-Ten.), Doug Lambourn (R-Colo.), Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Andy Harris (R-MD). Huh. .), and Mary Miller (R-Ill.) and John Mulner (R-Mich.).
Downstate New York Republicans — including Reps Lee Zeldin and Andrew Garbarino of Long Island and Rep. Nicole Maliotakis, representing Staten Island and southern Brooklyn — have not signed the bill.
The Tenney-led legislation is unlikely to pass this year in the Democrat-held House, but its introduction could paint a more serious threat to the federal law if Republicans win a sizable majority in the House through the November 8 midterm elections. Huh.