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District Ct decision in Kachalsky
In PDF. It finds that Plaintiffs pass all procedural hurdles, but rules the NY firearm carry permit system constitutional. It construes Heller/McDonald narrowly, refusing to go much outside the "core right" of having firearms in the home, and pays little heed to what I think was the key argument: the NY system vests almost unbridled discretion in the licensing official, to find or deny "good cause" for the permit.
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Looks to me like the court left no "standing" for appeal in order to leave the law intact.
Not at all unexpected.
So even the minority agrees that "bear" means carry in Heller and McDonald describes RKBA as a "fundamental right" and no G D federal district court will defend the 2nd Amendment. I hope that the appeals court grows a pair.
If not to carry outside the home (keep), what the frack does "bear arms" mean?
Is this decision appealable or is it of primary use once we get a formal circuit split on "outside the home"?