New York is among a half-dozen states that had key provisions of its gun laws invalidated by the high court because of a requirement for applicants to prove they had “proper cause” for a permit. Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday that she and her fellow Democrats in the state Legislature took action the next week because the ruling “destroyed the ability for a governor to be able to protect her citizens from people who carry concealed weapons anywhere they choose.”
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“They seem to be designed less towards addressing gun violence and more towards simply preventing people from getting guns — even if those people are law-abiding, upstanding citizens, who according to the Supreme Court have the rights to have them,” said Jonathan Corbett, a Brooklyn attorney and permit applicant who is one of several people challenging the law in court.
Under the law, applicants for a concealed carry permit will have to complete 16 hours of classroom training and two hours of live-fire exercises. Ordinary citizens would be prohibited from bringing guns to schools, churches, subways, theaters and amusement parks — among other places deemed “sensitive” by authorities.
Applicants also will have to provide a list of social media accounts for the past three years as part of a “character and conduct” review. The requirement was added because shooters have sometimes dropped hints of violence online before they opened fire on people.
It’s still up to the arbitrary judgment of some bureaucrat to decide if your social media comments are acceptable enough for you to carry a gun. So if you exercise your 1st Amendment in a way in which the regime disapproves, you will be denied your 2nd Amendment rights.
I’m sure Pinguen will come in here and argue at length on how this is just a concerned and humble public servant and well intentioned bureaucracy simply trying to keep everyone safe from each other, and there is no way this could be subverted for ill intent or used to restrict the enumerated rights of a common citizen.
>As part of that assessment, applicants have to turn over a list of social media accounts they’ve maintained in the past three years. People applying for a license to carry a handgun will also have to provide four character references, take 16 hours of firearms safety training plus two hours of practice at a range, undergo periodic background checks and turn over contact information for their spouse, domestic partner or any other adults living in their household.
Can’t help but wonder if the supporters of this law would accept these type of requirements for other basic rights protected by our Constitution.
Want to comment on a blog? Let’s see your other social media accounts first. Gonna protest in the streets? Gotta take a 16 hour course before doing so. Planning on changing which church you attend on Sunday? Let’s see some character references first.
rolls eyes