CRPA Joins GOC & File Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court in Critical New York 2A Case

By Ammoland

California – -(AmmoLand.com)- The California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA) is proud to announce it has joined Gun Owners of California in filing an important amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the parties challenging New York City’s restrictive handgun licensing scheme, which prohibits any city resident from traveling outside the city limits while in possession of a licensed handgun, as a violation of the Second Amendment and other constitutional rights, in the case of NYSRPA v. City of New York.

For nearly a decade, the Supreme Court has been mostly silent on the Second Amendment, despite a flood of petitions asking it to review gun control laws or convictions from across the country. The High Court is now poised to speak and many are anxious to hear what it has to say.

CRPA and GOC are hoping the Court speaks to the recalcitrance of lower courts in accepting that the Second Amendment is an actual fundamental right. In their brief they describe the repeated disrespect lower courts have shown the Second Amendment and the need for the Supreme Court to weigh …Read the Rest

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