New York says its history of racist laws that allowed for disarming Catholics and Indigenous people supports a 'good moral character' requirement for obtaining a concealed carry license, a point that Second Amendment groups see as a bad-faith argument for gun control.
Washington Examiner
Pratt said U.S. District Judge Glenn Suddaby"told the state attorney that New York has now made it very hard to carry firearms concealed." “Put simply, there is no historical basis for New York to effectively declare the island of Manhattan a ‘sensitive place’ simply because it is crowded and protected generally by the New York City Police Department,” JusticeIf the CCIA is enacted without a court intervention next month, it will criminalize the concealed carry of guns in"sensitive locations," including churches, airports, Times Square, and numerous other places across the Empire State.
Attorney James Thomas of New York State Attorney General Letitia James's office defended the statute, arguing the CCIA is"deeply rooted in American history and doctrine, meaning that there is no likelihood of success in a facial challenge against the entirety of the statute."