New York state may resume enforcing its sweeping new gun control law after a federal appeals court temporarily lifted a stay on Nov. 15 that had blocked parts of the law that had been declared unconstitutional by a lower court the week before.
The judicial decision came as courts in states with restrictive gun laws are reviewing those laws in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark June 23 decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen held that there is a constitutional right to carry a gun outside the home for self-defense.
New York’s sweeping Concealed Carry Improvement Act was rushed through the state legislature this summer and signed by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul after the Bruen decision invalidated the state’s requirement that a carry permit applicant demonstrate a special need for self-defense. Hochul denounced the high court ruling, calling it “a reckless decision … senselessly sending us backward and putting the safety of our residents in jeopardy.”…