Two pro-Second Amendment groups are challenging New York’s newly-enacted restrictions on carrying concealed firearms, a measure they say is worse than the one invalidated by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year.
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), along with the Firearms Policy Coalition and two private citizens, on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit targeting Senate Bill S51001, the Empire State’s replacement of a century-old concealed carry statue, which was declared unlawful by the nation’s highest court.
The measure, now known as the Concealed Carry Improvement Act (CCIA), is supposedly designed to comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling on June 23. In that decision, the high court’s originalist-leaning 6-3 majority found it unconstitutional for the government to require people to demonstrate a “proper cause” in order to obtain a license to carry a gun outside of their homes….