Is it a good thing that the Supreme Court will hear a 2nd Amendment case involving handgun regulations in New York City, rather than dismissing it as city officials had asked? What's the nature of this case and why is it believed to be important? https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/supreme-court-keeps-gun-rights-case-on-docket-despite-citys-rules-change
Matt Wasserman, Molon Labe
Answered Oct 15 · Upvoted by Jeff Wilson, Former 01 dealer and 03 collector FFL holder. and Matthew Park Moore, 10 years as an NRA instructor, 35 years owning guns
It’s a very good thing, for reasons completely unrelated to the case itself. New York City changed its gun laws, making it impossible for a gun owner to leave the house with their weapon under any circumstances other than going to one of seven approved gun ranges. A lawsuit was filed. The city kept the law in place as it fought through the appeals process, and then changed it when the second to last appeal was lost in an effort to prevent the case from reaching the Supreme Court.
No matter how you feel about guns, or the Second Amendment, you have to be glad that the Court decided not to let NYC get away with this. Allowing it would set a dangerous precedent. Any jurisdiction would be able to pass any law without worrying about Constitutionality, and just repeal it when it came time for the SC to decide if it should go on the docket. Then do it again, as many times as they wanted. The Constitution, and the process of making laws, would become meaningless.
This is probably going to go badly for New York, and for gun control supporters. Regardless of the makeup of the Court, the people behind this need to be slapped around a little, and everyone needs to be shown that this type of shenanigans is going to end badly for the instigators.
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