#432 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Wednesday August 17)
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Good morning APPARENTLY EVERYONE IN NEW YORK GETS TO CARRY A CONCEALED WEAPON—EVEN THOUGH THEIR STATE GOVERNMENT IS WORRIED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY The Supreme Court’s broad interpretation of the Second Amendment caused it to reject a New York law that required that citizens wanting a concealed gun permit to show they had “proper cause” to do so and were people of “good moral character.” In striking down this law, the court is further expanding its already overbroad interpretation of the Second Amendment to preempt even reasonable limitations on guns imposed by a state. It also ensures that other states with restrictions on the right to carry a concealed weapon likely will find that their laws are unconstitutional. Having overturned a reasonable restriction on the carrying of weapons in public, ignoring the state’s reasonable objective of ensuring public safety, what reasonable restrictions are okay? This is a real problem. The Court’s majority seems to have bought into the gun lobby’s reading that most (perhaps all) state restrictions on the ownership and carrying of arms is unconstitutional.
#432 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Wednesday August 17)
#432 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Wednesday…
#432 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Wednesday August 17)
Good morning APPARENTLY EVERYONE IN NEW YORK GETS TO CARRY A CONCEALED WEAPON—EVEN THOUGH THEIR STATE GOVERNMENT IS WORRIED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY The Supreme Court’s broad interpretation of the Second Amendment caused it to reject a New York law that required that citizens wanting a concealed gun permit to show they had “proper cause” to do so and were people of “good moral character.” In striking down this law, the court is further expanding its already overbroad interpretation of the Second Amendment to preempt even reasonable limitations on guns imposed by a state. It also ensures that other states with restrictions on the right to carry a concealed weapon likely will find that their laws are unconstitutional. Having overturned a reasonable restriction on the carrying of weapons in public, ignoring the state’s reasonable objective of ensuring public safety, what reasonable restrictions are okay? This is a real problem. The Court’s majority seems to have bought into the gun lobby’s reading that most (perhaps all) state restrictions on the ownership and carrying of arms is unconstitutional.