Breaking: New York's legislature has approved a sweeping overhaul of handgun licensing rules after the Supreme Court overturned the state's concealed carry law.
-- New York's legislature approved a sweeping overhaul Friday of the state's handgun licensing rules, seeking to preserve some limits on firearms after the Supreme Court ruled that most people have a right to carry a handgun for personal protection.
Under the law, applicants would have to show they have"the essential character, temperament and judgment necessary to be entrusted with a weapon and to use it only in a manner that does not endanger oneself and others." "What is being proposed in New York is a violation of Second Amendment rights, but they are also asking you to sign away your privacy rights for social media accounts, signing away your First Amendment rights," said Mark Liva, the National Shooting Sports Foundation's managing director of public affairs. State Republican Chair Nick Langworthy said"New Yorkers' constitutional freedoms were just trampled on.
The state Senate approved the measure Friday during a special legislative session called to address the state's gun laws. The Assembly was expected to consider the measure later in the day. That list also includes schools, universities, government buildings, places where people have gathered for public protests, health care facilities, places of worship, libraries, public playgrounds and parks, day care centers, summer camps, addiction and mental health centers, shelters, public transit, bars, theaters, stadiums, museums, polling places and casinos.
"I am standing here to protect freedom and liberty here in the state of New York, protecting lives, protecting individual freedom," Hochul said.
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