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Target: New York
Alan Gura and the Second Amendment Foundation have challenged New York's "good cause" requirement for a carry license. As usual, good targeting. It moves from "keep" to "carry," and aims at a system that requires exercise of a constitutional right to be authorized by permit, on the vague basis of "good cause." Which in this case the licensing authority translates into "good cause that is in some way exceptional, when compared to the good cause that is true of the population in general," or "extraordinarily good cause."
Hat tip to reader Nick L. ...
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Or "politically hooked up" which is what you gotta be to get anything in some of these urban areas.
Posted by: Letalis Maximus, Esq. at July 15, 2010 06:22 PM
California has the same "good cause" language but probably has deeper pockets (sort of, given its budget problems). As much as I would have liked to see California have to fight this, New York makes more sense. And obviously California is a mixed bag since discretion is up to the sheriff. From "ain't gonna happen in San Francisco to the sheriff of Mendocino County saying "your good cause is that I can't protect you".
Posted by: AlanR - GunRightsAlert.com at July 15, 2010 06:48 PM
In commiefornia we have like I like to call the "Sean Penn may carry" CCW policy; as in notable hothead and violent nutball Sean Penn can get a license to carry a concealed weapon but the average good citizen can not.
Posted by: Brad at July 15, 2010 07:18 PM
Hot diggety. Though, NY isn't in the same district as NY (as I just found out).
I gotta wonder how much money Westchester County is willing to put into this thing (and if they can go to the state and beg for money, too). A couple of the Chi-town suburbs folded tents on their gun bans rather than fight them
Posted by: Ian Argent at July 15, 2010 08:13 PM