NYC Considers Changing Rule At Heart Of SCOTUS Case

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

When the Supreme Court agreed to hear a Second Amendment case, a lot of us rejoiced. I sure did and I know I wasn’t alone. Further, the Supreme Court was taking on New York City, which was too juicy to ignore.

Sure, the case didn’t hinge on the overall restrictions on gun owners, just one that barred people who had “premises permits” from taking their guns outside of the city, but still…

Well, now the Big Apple is considering changing that particular rule.

Efforts by the New York City Police Department and city officials to change to the restrictions at issue in the case have gun owners and gun rights advocates crying foul, as they argue it’s a transparent move by the city to preempt a ruling from the Supreme Court, which would be its first in a Second Amendment case in a decade.

“This was just a blatant attempt to stop the court case, and the changes they proposed were miniscule,” Tom King, executive director of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, which is challenging the measure, said. “This is their last-gasp measure to stop the case.”

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But last month, lawyers for New York City and …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms