Apparently the liberals in New York are fighting against concealed-carry laws by appealing to some old, blatantly racist and unconstitutional laws of the past for support.
Attorney General Letitia James is citing early laws in some states, including New York, that prohibited Native Americans, blacks and Catholics from owning and possessing firearms to justify not allowing people the right to carry a gun in the state after the Supreme Court struck down the state’s similarly subjective “good reason” clause earlier this year in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen.
This stinks of desperation. For them to resort to such examples of openly racist or bigoted laws as analogs strongly suggests that they realize that they don't have much standing, and to appeal to laws that discriminated against Catholics might not be the wisest course given that 5 of the SCOTUS justices are Catholic.
But more than that, sinking to relying on such blatantly illegal and discriminatory laws for support seems to say an awful lot about the gun control crowd. Well, at least those up in New York.
Attorney General Letitia James is citing early laws in some states, including New York, that prohibited Native Americans, blacks and Catholics from owning and possessing firearms to justify not allowing people the right to carry a gun in the state after the Supreme Court struck down the state’s similarly subjective “good reason” clause earlier this year in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen.
This stinks of desperation. For them to resort to such examples of openly racist or bigoted laws as analogs strongly suggests that they realize that they don't have much standing, and to appeal to laws that discriminated against Catholics might not be the wisest course given that 5 of the SCOTUS justices are Catholic.
But more than that, sinking to relying on such blatantly illegal and discriminatory laws for support seems to say an awful lot about the gun control crowd. Well, at least those up in New York.
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