Somebody remarks at SCOTUSBlog, “NY will go the DC route and try to make it so onerous it will take a few more losses in court to come to a reasonable and lawful solution... DC lost a couple of other times in lower courts post-Heller trying to make it as hard as possible, I believe.”
I think that’s accurate. This ruling doesn’t do much, as a practical matter. It leaves the state free to erect fairly onerous licensing procedures. use your imagination about what the requirements could be ...
- background check by FBI, paid by applicant
- waiting period 3, 6, 18 months ... where’s THAT line?
- fees. $500, $1,000, $30, where is THAT line?
- firearm limitations. .22 caliber only
Make the public litigate every single point. SOTUS will let the lower court rulings stand, even if they are opposed to this case. SCOTUS has a practice of that in RKBA cases. Looks good on paper.
Well it is NY so I can't disagree. But the more cases the court hears the more our rights will be precedent so they would be stupid to try that, but they will.
Any fee on a CCW would be the equivalent to a poll tax.