that distinguishes the person from the general population.
Posted on 09/27/2021 2:13:25 PM PDT by PROCON
On September 21, the Biden Administration filed an amicus brief in the pending U.S. Supreme Court case of New York Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, supporting New York’s draconian and unconstitutional restrictions on the right to bear firearms in public for self-defense.
This NRA-supported challenge to New York’s “may-issue” licensing scheme for public handgun carry is the first Second Amendment challenge to a firearm law to reach the high court since 2010.
New York’s law presumptively denies the right to bear arms for self-defense unless a license applicant can demonstrate a special need for self-protection that distinguishes the person from the general population.
In practice, this means the rich and well-connected can get unrestricted carry licenses but ordinary people cannot, even if they actually face a greater risk of being violently victimized while going about their daily lives in public. The law effectively nullifies for most New Yorkers what the Supreme Court has already characterized as “the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation.”
New York’s “may-issue” scheme in fact gives authorities so much discretion that it has fostered a culture of corruption, particularly within the Licensing Division of the New York City Police Department (NYPD). There have been repeated scandals involving the NYPD Licensing Division’s application process, with “facilitators” offering gifts and bribes to licensing personnel to approve or expedite their clients’ applications. In some cases, this has resulted in the issuance of carry licenses to applicants with otherwise disqualifying criminal histories and in criminal convictions for NYPD officers. In other locales, licenses are issued by elected sheriffs, with preference given to political donors and supporters.
(Excerpt) Read more at nraila.org ...
that distinguishes the person from the general population.
Haven’t you heard? ACB says that Justices “aren’t political hacks”!
Thanks for the link!
The thing is that so far they get what they want because we do nothing but gripe.
This is awful but.....they keep pushing and pushing.
What did that Japanese general Yamamoto say? “I’m afraid we’ve wakened a sleeping giant” - his remarks after Pearl Harbor. I think Biden here is poking a sleeping giant, he knows not what he’s doing.
If the Supreme Court ever nullified the 2nd Amendment, it will put a target on the backs of every single Democrat in this country.
“A Little Rebellion Now and Then Is a Good Thing” - Thomas Jefferson.
So, the Supreme Court can nullify the Constitution?
Correct. The Bill of Rights is written in plain language for everyone to read and understand. It makes 0 difference what legislators or judges think of it.
The left applauds this, they want this, Biden promised to take our firearms away.
These fools have been promised that if all the firearms are confiscated, there will be no more mass shootings, they actually believe this!
I agree.
The guy swore to uphold the Constitution, and is now asking
the SCOTUS to destroy one of it’s most important inclusions.
No Second Amendment, no First Amendment...
It’s as simple as that.
They are so lucky Biden can still read, sort of.
The answer is “NO,” Joetato. The answer has always been “NO!”
The answer will always be “NO!”
Milley is ready to confiscate the guns using the military. He is waiting for the word. No doubt Justice Roberts is receiving some very direct counseling along with Ms Barrett and Mr kavanaugh
Go ahead, Joe and Supreme Court.....
You might just find out why it was put in there in the beginning.
All you have to do is look at Australia to answer your question.
Many are saying Australia is lost!
Can they do that?!
they cant do that LOL
It'll be easier than you think.
Molon the labia...or something.
The “young Left” of the ‘60s and ‘70s are the “old Left” of today.
They’re in a big hurry to get everything they’ve ever wanted before they croak, so they can finally prove to their long-dead parents that mom and dad were wrong and junior was right.
I’m sure many of you know people like this. Their 2021 worldview is right out of a 1974 “All in the Family” rerun. They can’t let it go.
I saw a poster where a liberal saying to a gun owner, “You don’t need 30 rounds of ammo when going hunting.”
Response was ,”Correct! But the 2nd amendment wasn’t created because Bambi was coming.”
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.