Second Circuit Holding on New York’s Gun Law
Constitutionality of Firearm Restrictions
The Second Amendment provides: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), the Supreme Court announced that the Second Amendment “guarantee[s] the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation.” In McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010), the Court held that …
