{"id":1706528,"date":"2022-10-22T06:05:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T10:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1706528"},"modified":"2022-10-22T06:18:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T10:18:41","slug":"judge-blocks-new-york-from-banning-guns-in-churches-says-law-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-new-york-from-banning-guns-in-churches-says-law-unconstitutional\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Blocks New York From Banning Guns in Churches, Says Law Unconstitutional"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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-new-york-from-banning-guns-in-churches-says-law-unconstitutional%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=1706528&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--><p>A judge has blocked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-nyc\">New York<\/a> authorities from banning guns in churches and other houses of worship, ruling that the state\u2019s restrictions violate the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>There is \u201cample Supreme Court precedent\u201d emphasizing an individual\u2019s right to keep and bear arms,\u00a0U.S. District Judge John Sinatra, a Trump appointee, wrote in a 40-page ruling. That precedent dictates that the New York law is unconstitutional, he said.<\/p>\n<p>In New York State Rifle &#038; Pistol Association v. Bruen, for instance, the nation\u2019s top court said that restricting gun rights is permissible only if the restricting body proves the regulation \u201cis consistent with the Nation\u2019s historical tradition of sufficiently analogous regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew York fails that test,\u201d Sinatra said.<\/p>\n<p>Sinatra imposed a temporary restraining order against enforcement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/bills\/2021\/S51001\">the law<\/a>, which says that people cannot possess guns in \u201csensitive locations\u201d like churches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re delighted with the quick action by Judge Sinatra,\u201d Second Amendment Foundation founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb said in a statement. \u201cWe believe this law to be wholly in violation of not only the letter but the spirit of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in New York State Rifle &#038; Pistol Association v. Bruen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, told news outlets in a statement the office was \u201creviewing this decision and considering our options in our ongoing efforts to protect New Yorkers and defend our common sense gun laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new law was enacted in July, about a week after the U.S. Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/supreme-court-strikes-down-new-yorks-unconstitutional-concealed-carry-gun-law_4553435.html\">struck down<\/a> New York\u2019s restrictions on concealed carrying firearms.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/pro-2a-groups-challenge-new-yorks-new-concealed-carry-law-as-unconstitutional-as-old-one_4730785.html\">filed the case<\/a> on behalf of Bishop Larry Boyd and Rev. Jimmie Hardaway Jr., arguing the ban \u201cgoes far beyond any constitutionally relevant historical justification, especially as the ban extends to places of worship that would otherwise permit congregants to carry firearms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State lawyers had urged the court not to impose the restraining order, asserting plaintiffs had not proven imminent harm or clear likelihood of success.<\/p>\n<p>Sinatra, the judge, disagreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits of their Second and Fourteenth Amendment claim,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the\u00a0Bruen ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller, McDonald v. City of Chicago show that Americans have the right to carry guns in public for self-defense, the ruling said. New York could succeed if it showed a historical tradition of banning guns from churches, but did not do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause the State has failed to meet its burden to identify an American tradition justifying New York\u2019s place of worship or religious observation exclusion, the exclusion \u2018violates the Fourteenth Amendment in that it prevents law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their right to keep and bear arms,&#8217;\u201d Sinatra said, quoting from Bruen.<\/p>\n<p>Absent a restraining order, plaintiffs\u2019 rights would continue being violated, he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-zachary-stieber\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WEB_ZacharyStieber-1.jpg\" alt=\"Zachary Stieber\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zachary Stieber covers U.S. and world news for The Epoch Times. 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