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- A federal appeals court on Tuesday issued a temporary stay on a trial judge’s order that curtailed enforcement of New York’s new gun law.
- The stay by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit comes eight days after US District Judge Glenn Suddaby declared several parts of the law unconstitutional, including rules restricting the carrying of firearms in parks public and some licensing requirements.
- New York lawmakers rewrote state gun laws this summer after a Supreme Court ruling invalidated New York’s longstanding system for granting permits for carrying firearms outside the home.
NEW YORK – A federal appeals court on Tuesday issued a temporary stay on a trial judge’s order that curtailed enforcement of New York’s new gun law.
The stay by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit comes eight days after US District Judge Glenn Suddaby declared several parts of the law unconstitutional, including rules restricting the carrying of firearms in parks public and some licensing requirements.
New York lawmakers rewrote state gun laws this summer after a Supreme Court ruling invalidated New York’s longstanding system for granting permits for carrying firearms outside the home.
The new law expanded who could get a firearms license, but increased training requirements for applicants and required them to provide more private information. The state also created a long list of places where firearms would be banned.
Suddaby issued a preliminary injunction last week barring state police and local officials named in the lawsuit from enforcing certain provisions of the law. On Tuesday, the appeals court issued a stay as it considers a motion by government officials opposed to the injunction.
Among the new licensing rules that Suddaby found constitutionally flawed were a provision requiring applicants to be of “good moral character” and another requiring applicants to hand over information about their social media accounts.
