NEW YORK CITY: A federal appeals court on Monday allowed New York to limit the carrying of firearms on private property, expanding gun rights under a new law passed in light of a landmark US Supreme Court ruling .
A judge's order last month that blocked officials from enforcing a portion of the new law that made it a felony to carry a gun on private property without the property owner's express consent has been suspended by the Second US Circuit Court of Appeals. was done.
It was the most recent instance in which a federal appeals court in New York overturned a ruling that blocked passage of the Concealed Carry Improvement Act passed by the largely Democratic-led state legislature.
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The state's strict gun permit system was overturned in June by the Supreme Court, which concluded that a person's right to publicly carry a handgun for self-defense is protected by the US Constitution. As a result, the law was passed.
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As of September 1, the new law made it more challenging to obtain a firearms license and restricted firearms from a long list of "sensitive" public and private locations.
Two gun owners and two pro-gun rights organizations, including the Firearms Policy Coalition, filed a lawsuit to overturn a rule that made it illegal for a licensed gun owner to have a firearm on any private property unless the owner has a clear Formally it is not allowed with a sign. or consent.
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In a ruling on November 22, US District Judge John Sinatra, a Trump-appointed sitting in Buffalo, found that the provision in question violated the Second Amendment right to "bear and bear arms" in the US Constitution.
According to Supreme Court precedents on gun rights, Sinatra claimed that the provision was unconstitutional and would "interfere with the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens who wish to carry guns outside their homes for self-defense."