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Major Court Case Will Likely Determine the Fate of Gun Rights in New York

In the next few months, one of the most important Second Amendment cases since D.C. v. Heller could be heard by the Supreme Court.

All eyes are on N.Y. Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York.  Cody Wisniewski of The Federalist detailed what’s at stake.

New York City has some of the strictest gun control laws in the country. Current law, for instance, prohibits licensed handgun owners from transporting their handguns outside city limits. (Yes, New York City really does prohibit this.) Handgun owners are considered criminals if they merely bring a handgun to a shooting range in the next town for a round of target practice.

With this case potentially moving to the Supreme Court, NYC political officials are asking the Court to delay the case so that they can amend the law in question.

Read the full story from Big League Politics


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