NY County Joins Pro-Gun Side In SCOTUS Case

By Tom Knighton

It’s easy for us to forget just how many pro-gun individuals there are in ostensibly anti-gun states. For example, there are a lot of pro-gun people in New York state. Unfortunately, their voices are drowned out by the urban centers who have been bamboozled into believing gun control works.

However, one New York county has joined the pro-gun side in a Supreme Court case they feel directly impacts them.

St. Lawrence County legislators voted 11-4 Monday night to file a legal brief supporting a case pending in U.S. Supreme Court filed by a gun rights group against New York City.

The vote followed a fairly lengthy debate among legislators, with supporters arguing the case is relevant to St. Lawrence County because it relates to protecting the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment right to bear arms.

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The county agreed to get involved in a case brought by the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. against New York City for banning the transport of a licensed, locked and unloaded handgun to a home or shooting range outside of city limits.

Supporters argued that pistol permit restrictions in St. Lawrence County are similar to those faced by citizens in NYC, and the county has …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms