Three New Yorkers say city regulations stymies their rights as gun owners — but the restrictions no longer exist, so why are they going to court?
The supreme court hasn’t heard a second amendment case since it threw out a Chicago handgun ban in 2010Washington — Gun-rights advocates backed by US President Donald Trump hope a US supreme court clash over New York City restrictions on transporting firearms will be the second amendment victory they’ve been seeking for a decade.
The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, an affiliate of the National Rifle Association , is joining the three men in pressing the appeal. New York’s supporters include Everytown for Gun Safety, an advocacy group founded by Michael Bloomberg, who is the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News. Bloomberg, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for president, was mayor of New York from 2002 to 2013.
One of the three, Staten Island resident Romolo Colantone, also says he’s had to stop taking his handgun to his second home in Hancock, New York, in the Catskill Mountains region. But the city’s best chance may be that the supreme court will conclude the case has become moot. After the justices accepted the case in January, the city amended its regulations to let licensed handgun owners transport their weapons to second homes and shooting ranges outside the five boroughs. The state reinforced that change by amending its handgun licensing statute.
Whitehouse’s brief provoked an equally sharp response from Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and his Republican colleagues. They told the justices to “stand firm” and “not be cowed by the threats of opportunistic politicians”.
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