{"id":964106,"date":"2021-11-03T19:14:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T23:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=964106"},"modified":"2021-11-03T19:14:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T23:14:32","slug":"scotus-hears-arguments-on-new-york-gun-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-hears-arguments-on-new-york-gun-law\/","title":{"rendered":"SCOTUS Hears Arguments On New York Gun Law"},"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\">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%2Fscotus-hears-arguments-on-new-york-gun-law%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=964106&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 class=\"p1\">On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments regarding a New York gun law, potentially paving the way for a decision in favor of Second Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/supreme-court-weighs-challenge-to-new-york-states-concealed-weapons-permit-law-11635931800\">reported<\/a> by The Wall Street Journal, \u201cDuring two hours of oral arguments, the court was receptive to claims from gun owners that New York abrogated the Second Amendment with its 1911 law conditioning concealed-weapons licenses on \u2018good moral character\u2019 and \u2018proper cause.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cLess clear was what limits on weapons access the court would let lawmakers impose. Supreme Court precedent allows reasonable regulation of gun rights, but to date the court has provided little clarity beyond affirming restrictions on sensitive places such as schools and courthouses,\u201d the outlet noted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Supporters of gun rights state that their Second Amendment rights are weakened by the process in New York for giving out concealed-weapons licenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Paul Clement, the representative for petitioners Robert Nash, Brandon Koch, and the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association said, \u201cIn a country with the Second Amendment as a fundamental right, simply having more firearms cannot be a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He added that the founders imagined a place where \u201cindividuals get to make their decision about whether or not they want to carry a firearm outside the home for self-defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe problem with [permissive concealed-weapons laws] is that they multiply the number of firearms that are being carried in very densely populated places,\u201d New York\u2019s lawyer, state Solicitor General Barbara Underwood, said to the court. \u201cWithout assuming any ill intent on the part of the carriers of weapons, they greatly proliferate the likelihood that mistakes will be made, fights will break out, guns will be sold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Clement also pushed for a comparison of his client\u2019s request for a concealed carry permit to the method of getting a license to hunt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">CNN reported:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cOne way to think about it is we\u2019re asking that the regime work the same way for self-defense as it does for hunting,\u201d Clement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhen my clients go in and ask for a licensed concealed carry for hunting purposes, what they have to tell the state is they have an intent to go hunting. They don\u2019t have to say: \u2018I have a really good reason to go hunting.\u2019&nbsp;I don\u2019t have to say: \u2018I have a better reason to go hunting than anybody else in my general community.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAnd the difference of course, you have a concealed weapon to go hunting, you\u2019re out with an intent to shoot say a deer or<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments regarding a New York gun law, potentially paving the way for a decision in favor of Second Amendment rights.As reported by The Wall Street Journal, \u201cDuring two hours of oral arguments, the court was receptive to claims from gun owners that New York abrogated the Second Amendment with its 1911 law conditioning concealed-weapons licenses on \u2018good moral character\u2019 and \u2018proper cause.\u2019\u201d\u201cLess clear was what limits on weapons access the court would let lawmakers impose. Supreme Court precedent allows reasonable regulation of gun rights, but to date the court has provided little clarity beyond affirming restrictions on sensitive places such as schools and courthouses,\u201d the outlet noted.Supporters of gun rights state that their Second Amendment rights are weakened by the process in New York for giving out concealed-weapons licenses.Paul Clement, the representative for petitioners Robert Nash, Brandon Koch, and the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association said, \u201cIn a country with the Second Amendment as a fundamental right, simply having more firearms cannot be a problem.\u201dHe added that the founders imagined a place where \u201cindividuals get to make their decision about whether or not they want to carry a firearm outside the home for self-defense.\u201d\u201cThe problem with [permissive concealed-weapons laws] is that they multiply the number of firearms that are being carried in very densely populated places,\u201d New York\u2019s lawyer, state Solicitor General Barbara Underwood, said to the court. \u201cWithout assuming any ill intent on the part of the carriers of weapons, they greatly proliferate the likelihood that mistakes will be made, fights will break out, guns will be sold.\u201dClement also pushed for a comparison of his client\u2019s request for a concealed carry permit to the method of getting a license to hunt.CNN reported:\u201cOne way to think about it is we\u2019re asking that the regime work the same way for self-defense as it does for hunting,\u201d Clement said.\u201cWhen my clients go in and ask for a licensed concealed carry for hunting purposes, what they have to tell the state is they have an intent to go hunting. They don\u2019t have to say: \u2018I have a really good reason to go hunting.\u2019\u00a0I don\u2019t have to say: \u2018I have a better reason to go hunting than anybody else in my general community.\u2019\u201d\u201cAnd the difference of course, you have a concealed weapon to go hunting, you\u2019re out with an intent to shoot say a deer or rabbit which has its problems.\u201d But when you\u2019re carrying for self-defense, \u201cyou want to carry a concealed weapon,\u201d he added.As reported by CNN, \u201cJustice Stephen Breyer noted that the New York law requires applicants to have good moral character but that circumstances in society can change around them.\u201d\u201cI think that people have good moral character that start drinking a lot and may be there for a football game or some kind of soccer game can get pretty angry at each other.\u00a0And if they each have a concealed weapon, who knows?\u201dAmong other issues, some of the justices pointed to the difference in location when it comes to this type of issue.The Journal noted:\u201cIt\u2019s one thing to talk about Manhattan, or NYU\u2019s campus. It\u2019s another to talk about rural upstate New York,\u201d said Justice Clarence Thomas, who at one point thumbed through a road atlas while the court and Ms. Underwood discussed the characteristics of Rensselaer County, where the two individual plaintiffs in the case live.\u201cIt seems completely intuitive that there should be different gun regimes in New York than in Wyoming, or that there should be different gun regimes in New York City than in rural counties upstate,\u201d Justice Elena Kagan said. \u201cBut it\u2019s a hard thing to match with our notion of constitutional rights generally.\u201dOverall, it was unclear just how the justices might lean, but their commentary led to reports that some could potentially rule more in favor of gun rights.\u201cThe idea that you need a license to exercise the right, I think is unusual in the context of the Bill of Rights,\u201d Chief Justice John Roberts said.Justice Brett Kavanaugh said, \u201cWhy isn\u2019t it good enough to say I live in a violent area, and I want to be able to defend myself?\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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