SCOTUS declines to block New York’s concealed carry regulation, pending litigation – By Ben Whedon (Just the News) / Jan 11, 2023
New York Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney lamented the court’s refusal to halt the law’s implementation.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to block a New York law restricting concealed carry from taking effect.
In June of 2022, the Supreme Court struck down a New York requirement that concealed carry permit applicants demonstrate a need to carry a firearm. In turn, the state legislature passed the sweeping Concealed Carry Improvement Act, including an exhaustive list of “sensitive locations” in which permitholders could not lawfully carry.
That law has since been the subject of considerable legal scrutiny, with a U.S. District Judge imposing an injunction on the law from taking effect last year. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals had stayed that injunction without specifying its reason. Plaintiffs had asked the nation’s top court to reimpose the injunction, which the court declined to do.
