Public Defenders Back Bruen Decision’s Elimination of a Racist Gun Control Law

By Jennifer Peltz, AP When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down New York’s tight restrictions on who can carry a handgun, condemnation erupted from liberal leaders and activists. But some public defenders, often allies of progressive activists, praised the court’s ruling, saying gun-permitting rules like New York’s have long been a license for racial discrimination. By … Read more

Anticipating the NYSRPA v. Bruen Decision? Here’s How to Watch What Happen

By LKB The most important Second Amendment case in a generation was argued in November. As was covered in the TTAG post-argument analysis, the consensus was that we’ll see NYC’s “may issue” regime (and likely those of the other states that still have one) go the way of “separate but equal.” There is also a very good … Read more

Amnesty International: Allowing New Yorkers to Carry Firearms Would Violate International Law

  [Amnesty International] argues that “The Constitution was . . . drafted with international law as a set of background norms, and this Court should construe the Constitution accordingly.” However, none of the alleged “background norms” that AI cites existed in 1791 when the Second Amendment was ratified, or in 1868 when the Fourteenth Amendment … Read more