New York County Officials Wants To Join SCOTUS Lawsuit

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

The Supreme Court agreeing to hear a gun case is far rarer than I’d like for it to be, but I don’t get a say. I can voice my opinion, same as you, but there’s little I can do besides that.

But there’s at least one gun case before the Court right now. It involves a bizarre New York City law that prevents gun owners from transporting their property–namely, their guns–outside of the city for pretty much any reason.

Now, a number of other locations are joining in on the lawsuit, trying to make a case that the Big Apple is wrong. In Montgomery County, New York, County Executive Matthew Ossenfort wants his county to join that lawsuit.

Montgomery County Executive Matthew Ossenfort is seeking approval from the county legislature to support a pending constitutional challenge before the U.S. Supreme Court regarding a New York City law which has put traveling restrictions on law abiding gun owners.

Ossenfort announced Friday afternoon that he is asking the Montgomery County Legislature to approve a resolution that would allow the county to join in an amicus brief in support of overturning the 2nd U.S. Circuit of Appeal decision in the matter …Read the Rest

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