US federal justice on Thursday partially challenged an anti-firearms law adopted this summer by the state and city of New York, which made fighting gun violence the backbone of their policy.
According to the order of a federal judge in the upstate jurisdiction – made public by the Gun Owners of American (GOA) association at the origin of the action – it will be legally possible again to shoot with a firearm, even “hidden” . “in a bag or holster, in many public places in the state and its megacities, especially in Manhattan’s famous Times Square.
“We are grateful to (federal) Judge Glenn Suddaby for quickly restoring people’s right to possess and bear arms,” said Erich Pratt, vice president of the GOA lobby.
Local state legislation from Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul and right-wing Democratic Mayor Eric Adams went into effect on September 1.
New York thus reacted to the sentence defined as “scandalous” by the Supreme Court of the United States – with a conservative majority – which in June had sanctioned the right of Americans, contained in the second amendment to the Constitution, to leave the house armed. They.
The Supreme Court had overturned the “restrictions” on carrying weapons under a New York law of 1913, while major American cities are facing an increase in crime and misdemeanors and the country is suffering terrible killings.
A month ago, the mayor of New York installed “Times Square: Gun Free Zone” signs around this iconic Manhattan square, where giant electronic advertising screens are illuminated day and night.
The governor of the fourth American state (20 million inhabitants) had warned that firearms, even “hidden” in cases, bags or pockets, were prohibited in the “bars, libraries, schools, public services and hospitals” of the region.
“Anti-guns like Kathy Hochul and Eric Adams lied and misrepresented the Second Amendment, putting New Yorkers in danger in the face of growing crime,” Pratt thundered.
In response, state attorney general Letitia James, also a Democrat, announced that she would “appeal” the federal court ruling because “common sense gun rules save lives.”
