{"id":1676338,"date":"2022-10-06T14:38:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T18:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1676338"},"modified":"2022-10-06T14:40:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T18:40:19","slug":"judge-blocks-calling-time-square-a-gun-free-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-calling-time-square-a-gun-free-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Blocks Calling Time Square a &#8220;Gun-Free&#8221; Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-blocks-calling-time-square-a-gun-free-zone%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1676338&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A federal judge issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunowners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GOA-Victory-TRO-in-NY-10-06-22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">temporary restraining order<\/a> on Thursday against parts of New York state\u2019s latest gun control law which prohibits gun owners with concealed carry permits from carrying in so-called \u201csensitive places,\u201d including Times Square.<\/p>\n<p>In an email to American Military News, the Second Amendment advocacy group Gun Owners of America (GOA) said it, along with the Gun Owners Foundation (GOF), secured the restraining order in federal court. The decision comes after GOA and GOF refiled a lawsuit against New York State.<\/p>\n<p>The restraining order will take effect next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnti-gunners like Kathy Hochul and Eric Adams lied and misrepresented the Second Amendment to the courts, putting New Yorkers at a great disadvantage in the midst of rising crime,\u201d GOA\u2019s Senior Vice President Erich Pratt said in a statement. \u201cWe are grateful to Judge Suddaby for his quick action to restore the right of the people to keep and bear arms. Once the TRO goes into effect, GOA encourages New Yorkers to exercise their rights and to defend themselves and the ones they love.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2022\/08\/pic-vid-nyc-putting-gun-free-zone-signs-in-times-square\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">officials said new \u201cGun Free Zone\u201d signs would be displayed at \u201cevery entry point\u201d to Times Square<\/a> in New York City beginning on Thursday, Sept. 1.<\/p>\n<p>In July, Gov. Kathy Hochul\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2022\/07\/ny-forcing-gun-carry-applicants-to-turn-over-social-media-info-to-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signed a new law restricting where gun owners can carry a concealed weapon.<\/a>\u00a0The gun control law established a list of \u201csensitive locations\u201d \u2013 also known as a \u201cGun Free Zone\u201d \u2013 where it is unlawful to carry a \u201cfirearm, rifle or shotgun,\u201d even if an individual has a concealed carry permit.<\/p>\n<p>The locations include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Houses of Worship<\/li>\n<li>Public Transportation<\/li>\n<li>Airports<\/li>\n<li>Entertainment venues<\/li>\n<li>Bars and restaurants that serve alcohol<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Times Square<\/li>\n<li>Polling sites<\/li>\n<li>Educational institutions<\/li>\n<li>Daycares, playgrounds and places where children gather<\/li>\n<li>Libraries<\/li>\n<li>All government buildings<\/li>\n<li>Courthouses<\/li>\n<li>Health and medical facilities<\/li>\n<li>Emergency shelters, including homeless, youth, or domestic violence centers<\/li>\n<li>Public demonstrations and rallies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Thursday against parts of New York state\u2019s latest gun control law which prohibits gun owners with concealed carry permits from carrying<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1676342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1676338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1676338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1676342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1676338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1676338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1676338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}