A group of gun owners has filed a lawsuit against the state of New York over a state law that prohibits nonresidents from obtaining firearms licenses in the state.
Under current state law, only residents of the Empire State can obtain a firearms permit. States have no reciprocity. That is, it does not respect other states' permits.
Gun Owners of America and the Gun Owners Foundation federal lawsuit The ban was challenged Monday in the Northern District of New York. The plaintiffs include Carl Higbie of Newsmax, who is listed as an individual plaintiff. (Related: New York seeks to reinstate racial discrimination law restricting gun ownership)
Since New York, and @kathyhochul They won't issue me a cell phone permit…I sued them… @camEdwards @GunOwner @NRA @SenTedCruz @EricTrump @DonaldJTrumpJr @BearingArmsCom https://t.co/K2JFimdTJI
— Carl Higbie (@CarlHigbie) February 6, 2024
“New York State and its cadre of anti-gun politicians have done everything in their power to undermine and outright ban the Second Amendment within our state's borders,” said Gun Owners Association Executive Vice President Eric. Pratt said in a statement. statement. “The Supreme Court has made clear that the right to bear arms extends to the public square and that this right is extended to all Americans, not just residents of individual states.”
The lawsuit alleges that the state's prohibition on nonresidents from applying for permits to own or carry firearms violates both the Second and Fourteenth Amendments. The complaint alleges that the state allows “New Yorkers to exercise enumerated rights that are not available to (but are held by) all other Americans.” ing.
“Second, New York State does not respect other states' permits and this plan is clearly unconstitutional.” blue en “And this violates New York's constitutional requirement to give full faith and credit to concealed carry permits issued by other states,” the lawsuit continues.
similar lawsuit Submitted In California, the California Rifle and Pistol Association and several gun rights groups are suing the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Some of the plaintiffs in this case are Florida residents who frequently travel to California and claim they were denied carry permits because of their nonresident status. California, unlike New York, allows nonresidents to transport firearms within the state.
