City of New York et al., Respondents
Richard Dearing, Counsel of Record
New York City has a multi-tiered system for licensing individuals seeking to possess handguns within the city limits. The most restrictive option, a “premises license,” requires the individual to keep the firearm at their designated home or business. Until July 2019, the city law stated that the registered handgun could only be transported, unloaded and in a locked container, within the city limits to an authorized gunsmith or shooting range. In September 2012, the three members of the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association were …
