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NY: New York Gun Laws Safe From Libertarian Lawsuit
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Dismissing a Libertarian group’s lawsuit, a federal judge found that New York gun-control laws strike an acceptable balance between constitutional rights and the public safety.
Since July 2015, the Libertarian Party of Erie County and nine upstate New York residents have been fighting in a federal court in Rochester, N.Y., to overturn several statues in the penal code related to licensing. The laws state that applicants for a firearms license must be over 21 years old, have “good moral character,” have no history of crime or mental illness, and show no “good cause” to deny the license. |
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Yes indeed, "prior restraint" on an enumerated Right that "shall not be infringed" is, according to this judge and so many others, an "acceptable balance" between constitutional rights and public safety.
It is interesting, however, that the judge actually acknowledges that the Right exists... a glimmer of hope? |
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