NYC Continues Effort To Short-Circuit SCOTUS Decision
By Tom Knighton
AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
Back in the days before the Heller decision came down, a pro-gun group was worried. It feared that the court would decide very differently and set gun rights back generations.
In fairness, it wasn’t a slam dunk kind of thing. There was a lot of anxiety that the Court would rule the other way, that handgun bans would be declared constitutional and we’d start to see more and more of them throughout the nation.
The National Rifle Association tried to subvert that by pushing for Congress to overturn the D.C. gun ban.
Now, New York City is trying the same tactic. This time, it knows the Court will side against the city. The only real question is how broadly will the Court rule on the matter of gun control. As such, the Big Apple wants to subvert the ruling by changing the law and thus short-circuiting the Supreme Court’s decision before arguments are even heard.
And gun rights activists don’t want to let them off the hook.
In January, the court agreed to hear a Second Amendment challenge to a New York City gun regulation. The city, fearing a loss that would endanger gun control …Read the Rest
Source:: Bearing Arms
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