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NY: New York’s current gun law violates the Second Amendment
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In order to receive a license to carry a firearm in public for self-defense, applicants must prove that they have a proper cause.
The standard itself is vaguely defined and allows the state to reject license applications at its discretion. Most states have “shall issue” systems, which remove all arbitrary bias and discretion, while New York has a “may issue” system.
Imposing so many restrictions to obtain a license shows that the constitutional right to keep and bear arms for self-defense, as correctly affirmed in McDonald v. Chicago and District of Columbia v. Heller, is more burdened and disfavored in New York than most other civil rights. New York’s law is far too prohibitory. |
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Given that the average police response time in 2019 was twenty (20) minutes, it seems like the gub-mint lawyers are suggesting that all a citizen has to do is ask some violent criminal attacking them for a little time... and an officer will be by shortly to defend you.
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"The respondents’ attorney argued that it depends on how urban or densely populated an area is, along with how many armed police officers there are." |
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