Posted on 09/27/2021 2:13:25 PM PDT by PROCON
On September 21, the Biden Administration filed an amicus brief in the pending U.S. Supreme Court case of New York Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, supporting New York’s draconian and unconstitutional restrictions on the right to bear firearms in public for self-defense.
This NRA-supported challenge to New York’s “may-issue” licensing scheme for public handgun carry is the first Second Amendment challenge to a firearm law to reach the high court since 2010.
New York’s law presumptively denies the right to bear arms for self-defense unless a license applicant can demonstrate a special need for self-protection that distinguishes the person from the general population.
In practice, this means the rich and well-connected can get unrestricted carry licenses but ordinary people cannot, even if they actually face a greater risk of being violently victimized while going about their daily lives in public. The law effectively nullifies for most New Yorkers what the Supreme Court has already characterized as “the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation.”
New York’s “may-issue” scheme in fact gives authorities so much discretion that it has fostered a culture of corruption, particularly within the Licensing Division of the New York City Police Department (NYPD). There have been repeated scandals involving the NYPD Licensing Division’s application process, with “facilitators” offering gifts and bribes to licensing personnel to approve or expedite their clients’ applications. In some cases, this has resulted in the issuance of carry licenses to applicants with otherwise disqualifying criminal histories and in criminal convictions for NYPD officers. In other locales, licenses are issued by elected sheriffs, with preference given to political donors and supporters.
(Excerpt) Read more at nraila.org ...
They don’t have the authority
LOL - so tell us how you really feel :)
“God-given right, protecting ourselves and our loved ones via the 2nd Amendment.
That is not the true intent of the 2A only a bi-product.”
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In reading some of the original letters, etc. regarding the 2nd Amendment they discussed the use of arms to protect against a bad government in equal terms as in self defense (against Indians, but also against criminals).
They really are the same. One quote (1791): “the privilege of every citizen, and one of his most essential rights, to bear arms, and to resist every attack upon his liberty or property, by whomsoever made.”
Also from the interwebs (note the word order):
When the colonies declared themselves independent states, they adopted their own constitutions, several of which included declarations of rights. Those of Pennsylvania and Vermont declared, “That the people have a right to bear arms for the defense of themselves, and the state . . .
Kentucky’s Constitution of 1792 declared “that the right of the citizens to bear arms in defence of themselves and the state shall not be questioned.”
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Some anti-gunners make the claim that the 2nd Amendment is only for those in a militia (wrong). But by emphasizing the 2nd as protection against our government we can fall into that trap.
The truth is never a trap.
now...NOW...now...not now...
NOW! HELLO?
NOW!!!
The Court has already said the Right to Bear Arms is an Individual Right.
Many new gun owners in Detroit and metro Detroit are women.
Now tell them to give up their guns……..I think not.
I’m 6 feet, 210 pounds…….a .357 makes a women equal to me.
He’s always been a well-known “secret” that places like New York, Boston and other states that have made issue type licenses only give them to the politically connected.
Understanding the Biden presidency through the lense of traditional American principles is not possible. This is a criminal administration that came into power through criminal enterprise that is operating on criminal principles. Once you see this everything becomes crystal clear.
Words escape me. This is what Rats have wanted all along, a disarmed populace that they can control more easily. If the SC rules in their favor, that will be the shot heard around the world, and the USA will be full fledged civil war.
Sadly appropriate, for sure, Chief.
"We understand people kept weapons for personal safety. They can now feel safe. We are not here to harm innocent civilians," the official told Reuters.
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Sounds very familiar doesn't it?
Right after he purges the MIL of men and women who actually believe the oath they swore to uphold, in the name of accepting an experimental gene therapy he’s forcing upon then.
It simply cannot be more transparent
You... Are absolutely correct!
I believe Biden's handlers are so gleeful and infatuated with their successes they've had so far that they have no clue what would happen to this country should the 2nd Amendment be nullified and they intend to continue on at full speed.
Having said that, there is hardly any chance SCOTUS would violate the Constitution they are bound to uphold.
Australia never had a 2A.
Labia? You are on the wrong site…
# Ain’t gonna happen........How many times do I have to repeat myself?
Good to know who folds first.
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