• About
  • Contact
  • Give
Newsletter
NOQ Report - Conservative Christian News, Opinions, and Quotes
Saturday, April 22, 2023
  • Home
    • About
    • Give
  • News
  • Opinions
  • Quotes
  • Around the Web
  • Videos
  • Podcasts
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
    • About
    • Give
  • News
  • Opinions
  • Quotes
  • Around the Web
  • Videos
  • Podcasts
No Result
View All Result
NOQ Report - Conservative Christian News, Opinions, and Quotes
No Result
View All Result

Why New York’s Backdoor Suppression of Second Amendment Rights May Be Coming to an End

Under current law, self-defense isn't considered a sufficient justification to get a concealed carry permit.

by Brad Polumbo
November 9, 2021
in News
Why New York's Backdoor Suppression of Second Amendment Rights May Be Coming to an End

Discern Report is the fastest growing America First news aggregator in the nation.

In a landmark 2010 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that in addition to the federal government, states must also respect the public’s individual constitutional right to bear arms. Yet the high court has neglected to take any more major Second Amendment cases in the decade since that would have further clarified the scope of this ruling, leading conservative Justice Clarence Thomas to dub the Second Amendment a “disfavored right.” As a result, many states have found ways to work around Supreme Court precedent and drastically restrict the ability of law-abiding people to carry firearms to protect themselves.

Yet, this could all soon change.

Firearms and Ammunition on sale now: $150 off $1,000+ (use code: APRIL150)

That is, if the Supreme Court makes the most of a case currently on its docket. The justices heard oral arguments on Wednesday in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, a case that affords the court the opportunity to strike down state laws that are designed to, in practice, all but erase citizens’ constitutional right to bear arms outside the home. At question is New York’s process for granting concealed carry permits, which allow citizens to carry a firearm in public.

“The New York law at the center of the case … requires anyone who wants a license to carry a concealed handgun outside of the home to show ‘proper cause’ for the license,” SCOTUSBlog reports. “Courts in New York have defined ‘proper cause’ to require applicants to show a special need to defend themselves. For instance, a person who has been the target of recurrent physical threats likely would qualify. But a general desire to protect oneself or one’s property is not enough to obtain an unrestricted license to carry a concealed handgun.” (Emphasis mine.)

Similar laws are on the books in many other states such as California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Hawaii, per SCOTUSBlog. Essentially, they allow government officials to decide who “really needs” to be able to exercise their Second Amendment rights and who doesn’t. Even living in a high-crime area doesn’t suffice in New York. Many, including the plaintiffs suing New York in the case, who pass a background check and simply wish to exercise their rights are not fully allowed to do so merely because some government bureaucrat says so.

To state the obvious, that’s not how constitutional rights are supposed to work. We would never accept a regime that required arbitrary government permission to exercise free speech, for example.

Genesis Won't Use Gimmicks

These state laws deprive millions of their lawful ability to defend themselves. (Firearms are used in self-defense somewhere between 500,000 to 2 million times per year .) So, too, these laws disfavor those without the connections and power to lobby successfully for permit approval. In an interesting twist, a coalition of black attorneys filed a brief in this case arguing that the New York law leads to minorities being unfairly punished for peacefully exercising their Second Amendment rights.

“The incorporated Second Amendment affords the people ‘the right to keep and bear arms,’” they write. “New York’s licensing regime does the opposite. It deprives everyone of that right, only returning it to those select few who manage to first secure a firearm license from the police. As a result, each year, we represent hundreds of indigent people whom New York criminally charges for exercising their right to keep and bear arms.”

“For our clients, New York’s licensing regime renders the Second Amendment a legal fiction,” the attorneys conclude. “Worse, virtually all our clients whom New York prosecutes for exercising their Second Amendment right are Black or Hispanic. And that is no accident.”

Based on Wednesday’s arguments, it seems that at least some of the Supreme Court’s conservative justices understand the fundamental injustice at play here.

We’re LIVE and everything is on sale for a limited time! Whole Cows has launched offering freeze-dried beef for long-term storage. Don’t wait for food shortages to get worse. Stock up today. Use promo code “launch15” at checkout for 15% off!

“Why isn’t it good enough to say, ‘I live in a violent area, and I want to defend myself’?” Justice Brett Kavanaugh asked. He said requiring subjective permission from a government official “seems inconsistent with an objective constitutional right.”

Kavanaugh is on to something. This case offers the Supreme Court, with its new conservative majority, the opportunity to do the right thing after years of inaction. The justices should issue a landmark ruling that stops states from enacting these kinds of constitutional-workaround policies and forces them to respect our Second Amendment rights. Until they do, the constitutional rights of millions will remain largely a “legal fiction.”

A version of this article originally appeared in WEX.

Brad Polumbo

Brad Polumbo

Brad Polumbo (@Brad_Polumbo) is a libertarian-conservative journalist and Policy Correspondent at the Foundation for Economic Education.

This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article.

MyPatriotSupply Candles

Image by Ezequiel Octaviano from Pixabay.

The Truth About “Free” Silver

Covid variant BA.5 is spreading. It appears milder but much more contagious and evades natural immunity. Best to boost your immune system with new Z-Dtox and Z-Stack nutraceuticals from our dear friend, the late Dr. Vladimir Zelenko.

Why We “Moderate” a Commentor’s First Post

Tags: FEEGunsNew YorkSecond AmendmentTop Story
Previous Post

Doctors Gather at Summit to Warn Against Vaccinating Children

Next Post

Covid ‘Vaccines’ Now Have Real-World Effectiveness of MINUS 73%

Bypass Big Tech Censors



My Shows

The JD Rucker Show (Rumble)
The JD Rucker Podcast (Apple)
America Out Loud (M-F 8pm ET)
America First Report (Substack)
The Late Prepper (Substack)
End Medical Tyranny (Substack)

Our Sponsors

 
MyPillow Promo Code

MyPatriotSupply

Z-Stack Life

Precious Metals

Bypass Big Tech Censors

RSS The Federalist

  • Louisville Shooter Killed Five To Get Firearms Banned — And Democrats Are Happy To Oblige
  • Transgender-Identified Montana Lawmaker Censured For ‘Hate-Filled’ Comments
  • Netflix’s ‘Beef’ Shows Nothing In The Secular World Can Fill Our Inner Void
  • Ex-CIA Official: Blinken Prompted Infamous Intel Statement Calling Hunter Biden Laptop Russian Disinfo
  • EXPLOSIVE: Whistleblower Points To Biden Admin Obstructing Hunter Biden Tax Probe

RSS The Blaze

  • Belgians destroy 2,352 cans Miller High Life because the 'Champagne of Beers' is not champagne
  • Charles Barkley and Gayle King to host new primetime CNN TV show, NBA legend promises show will be 'non-political,' 'fair and honest'
  • Timeless Glenn Beck clip goes viral; striking parallels resonate with viewers years later
  • Elementary school assistant and 'drag mom' to 11-year-old child drag queen sentenced to less than a year in prison for 11 felony child sex crimes
  • Mother, 9-year-old daughter killed in horrific axe murder; relative arrested

RSS PJ Media

  • Netherlands to Legalize Government Euthanasia for Children as Young as One Year Old
  • BBC Climate Propaganda Teaches Gen Z How to Indoctrinate Their Parents
  • Bragg Drops Appeal After Judge Rules Jim Jordan Can Subpoena Ex-Prosecutor
  • Space X 'Starship' Failure Will Set the Program Back 'Several Months'
  • RFK Jr.: 'Every Totalitarian Regime in the History of Mankind' Has Sought 'Total Control'

RSS National File

  • Virginia: Democrat Socialite, Uni-Party ‘Scion’ Arrested on Child Porn, Attempted Rape Charges
  • Horse Fisting Denver Riggleman Launches PAC to Oppose Gaetz, Freedom Caucus
  • FL Congressional Supporters of Trump Meet at Mar-a-Lago
  • Far Left Black Power Groups Charged for Being Agents of the Russian Government
  • White Woke Evangelicals Triggered By Tweet

RSS Townhall

  • Your Taxes at Work: ‘Eco-Anxiety’ Counseling
  • Nefarius: A Faith-Based Horror Film?
  • On Earth Day, Let Us Give Thanks for Fossil Fuels
  • Dylan Mulvaney Profiting From Nike Bras Made With Cancer-Linked Toxin?
  • A Knowledge of the Past is Our Hope for the Future

RSS RedState

  • Elon Trolls Charlie Sheen and Exposes How Desperate Liberals Are to Be 'Special' Over Us
  • MUST WATCH: Body Language Expert Figures out Exactly What Bud Light VP Was Thinking With Her Mulvaney Marketing Mess
  • NYPD Official's Bizarre Antics Drive Staff Crazy, Causing More Than 10 Officers to Quit
  • New Report: Airman Started Leaking Highly Classified Documents Over a Year Ago and No One Caught On
  • Biden's Clean-Up Crew Tries to Deflect the Intel Letter Scandal, but Inconvenient Congressional Testimony Emerges
  • About
  • Contact
  • Give

© 2022 NOQ Report

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
    • About
    • Give
  • News
  • Opinions
  • Quotes
  • Around the Web
  • Videos
  • Podcasts

© 2022 NOQ Report

Session expired

Please log in again. The login page will open in a new tab. After logging in you can close it and return to this page.

>