U.S. Judge Upholds New York Gun Law
BY Herschel Smith
12 years, 10 months ago
NYT:
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that New York’s strict new gun laws, including an expanded ban on assault weapons, were constitutional, but struck down a provision forbidding gun owners to load more than seven rounds into a magazine.
The ruling offered a victory to gun control advocates at the end of a year in which efforts to pass new legislation on the federal level suffered a high-profile defeat in Congress, although some new restrictions were approved in state capitals.
The judge, William M. Skretny of Federal District Court in Buffalo, said expanded bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines were legally sound because they served to “further the state’s important interest in public safety.”
Mike Vanderboegh is also covering this. I’ve told you guys before – really, I’ve told you before – that it is a mistake to look to federal courts and the Second Amendment to protect your rights at the state level. It’s the wrong strategy. All politics is local, and that includes gun politics.
Kurt Homfmann resolves to be a gun criminal. What will the gun owners of New York do?
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