New York’s Elitist Gun Control Law Creates Privileges for Those Who Serve the State

A narrow set of exceptions has been written into New York’s new gun control law, which would allow churches to hire professional armed security. But this is a costly solution, and likely to leave many people still at risk in an attack. More to the point, it does not respect the individual right codified in the Second … Read more

Ouch! New York’s Ban on Carrying Guns on Private Property Without Express Permission is Failing Miserably

  Another one of New York’s new restrictions imposed in the immediate aftermath of the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision is the private property exclusion. That new provision makes it a felony for a license holder to possess a firearm on all private property, unless the relevant property holders actually permit such possession with a sign or by express consent…. … Read more

New York’s New Gun Conrol, Ammo Registration Laws Impacting Conservation Dollars

By Matt Manda It’s only been two weeks since New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul’s expanded gun restriction laws took effect. The impacts have been immediate. Concealed carry permit holders, recreational target shooters, hunters, even historical battlefield reenactment groups, have all cried foul amidst the confusion and intrusion. The Hochul administration is frantically responding to criticisms, trying to settle nerves from … Read more

Santiago: New York’s New Concealed Carry Law is Full Of Booby Traps the State is Bound to Step In

[California’s] SB 918 is a copycat bill closely following the template of the State of New York’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act (CCIA) that was railroaded to passage earlier this year following the Supreme Court decision to gut the discretionary issue permit laws of New York and other states, including California. New York’s angry response was … Read more

NY Governor Kathy Hochul Could Learn Something Important From the Indiana Mall Shooting. But She Won’t.

The recent heroics of an Indiana man to neutralize a murderer in a mall shows the folly of New York’s new law restricting where law-abiding citizens can legally carry a firearm with a state-issued permit. The U.S. Supreme Court’s Bruen decision struck down New York’s “may issue” pistol permit law. In response, Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul pushed … Read more

Gun Rights Orgs Prepare Fresh Lawsuits to Counter New York’s Defiant New Concealed Carry Permiting Law

It seems safe to say that the state of New York isn’t taking its decisive defeat in the Supreme Court particularly well. After the Court slapped down New York’s plainly unconstitutional restrictions on who can fully exercise their Second Amendment rights by carrying a firearm outside the home, Governor Kathy Hochul called a special session … Read more