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…as Supreme Court decides to hear a critical case<\/strong> The legal question presented in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc., per SCOTUSblog<\/a>, is “Whether New York City\u2019s ban on transporting a licensed, locked and unloaded handgun to a home or shooting range outside city limits is consistent with the Second Amendment, the Commerce Clause, and the constitutional right to travel.”<\/p>\n By Frank Miniter Everyone except Larry Keane that is. He\u2019s the senior vice president and general counsel for the NSSF, and for him, the court\u2019s decision is first and foremost on his mind. \u201cWith the addition of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, this case could be decisive,\u201d says Keane.<\/p>\n The case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. New York City, at a minimum will decide whether or not a New York City law that limits residents’ ability to transport their guns outside of their homes is constitutional. Currently, residents in that city can carry a licensed (if they can get one), locked and unloaded handgun to one of seven shooting ranges within city limits, but nowhere else, including homes or shooting ranges outside of the city.<\/p>\n Keane is worked up because lower courts have been disagreeing with each other over basic gun rights questions for years. Some courts have even ruled that a local government can ban the most popular firearm design sold today \u2013 semiautomatic firearms \u2013 just because some are cosmetically different than others.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is long past time for the Supreme Court to give some guidance,\u201d says Keane as we stand on the trade show floor amidst miles of aisles of guns and related products. \u201cThe Second Amendment of our Bill of Rights shouldn\u2019t be treated as if it is irrelevant, as New York City has done. Too many lower courts have simply disregarded Heller.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The rest of the article may be read here: Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n Cautiously optimistic, with the addition of Justice Kennedy to the bench. If it goes 5-4 as I believe it will, surely other cases closer to home- the ability for citizens to carry is not decided by the State, but by the Constitution, for example. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nThe U.S. Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari in the case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. City of New York, New York. The case represents the first Second Amendment issue the justices will hear since the landmark 2010 case of City of Chicago v. McDonald, which extended the establishment of the Second Amendment as securing an individual right from the federal government to the state governments. <\/p>\n
\nAt the SHOT Show in Las Vegas this past week \u2013 an annual trade show put on by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) \u2013 the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s decision to finally hear another Second Amendment case is the second thing everyone is talking about \u2013 the first being the coolest and smartest new gun designs being unveiled.<\/p>\n