The Supreme Court declined to block a New York law passed in the wake of its major Second Amendment decision this summer that imposed new restrictions on carrying firearms in public, allowing the measure to remain in place while legal proceedings continue.
that the New York law"presents novel and serious questions under both the First and Second Amendments."
In their request to the Supreme Court, the gun owners argued the stay from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit allows the state's law to"strip New Yorkers of their right to keep and bear arms in a sweeping and unprecedented way." The state's gun law, they argued, violates the Second Amendment and stands in defiance of the Supreme Court's central holding in its June decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.
Thomas wrote there were"few" 18th and 19th century sensitive places in the historical record where guns were prohibited — legislative assemblies, polling places and courthouses — but said"we therefore can assume it settled that these locations were 'sensitive places' where arms carrying could be prohibited consistent with the Second Amendment.
The six New York gun owners filed their challenge to the state's gun law in late September, and a federal district court blocked enforcement of several provisions of the measure, including the requirement to demonstrate"good moral character" as a condition of licensure, as well as the requirements to disclose three years of social media accounts and names and contact information for family and household members.
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