Does the Second Amendment Apply in New York?

The Second United States Circuit moves to challenge the Supreme Court’s holding on the right to bear arms.

AP/Mary Altaffer, file
Governor Hochul signs a package of bills to strengthen gun laws, June 6, 2022. AP/Mary Altaffer, file

Does the Second Amendment apply in New York? After the latest decision by a panel of riders of the Second United States Appeals Circuit, one could be forgiven for being uncertain on this head. The riders just upheld — for a second time — a raft of new limits on the right to keep and bear arms in the Empire State. The restrictions were enacted in defiance of the Supreme Court’s vindication of the Second Amendment in the Bruen case.

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