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This is yet another important victory for Second Amendment rights and another major loss for New York, authoritarian governments, and radical anti-rights organizations like Everytown and Gifford.
We will continue to fight forward as we work to restore the full scope of the right to keep and bear arms throughout the United States. Hopefully Kathy Hochul is ready to write another check for legal fees.
Brandon Combs
President of the Firearms Policy Coalition
October 11, 2024
New York loses round in gun fight over open carry
The Second Amendment Foundation also contributed to this case.
Ignore the two references to “open carry” in the article. That was just the author demonstrating their ignorance. It was all about concealed carry in stores, parking lots, and other private property generally open to the public.
The state of New York made it law saying the default situation was that bearing arms on private property is prohibited unless you were given permission by the owner. This is sometimes called a “vampire law”. The judge ruled that the default has to be you are allowed to carry unless you are given notice otherwise.
This victory was at the district court level. It is possible the appeals court will see things differently and SCOTUS will have to slap them down again.
The FPC does a lot of good work, and I donate money to them each month with matching funds from my employer.
You can also follow them on X to get a sense of what they are up to and how things are going. They also tend to be very entertaining.
NY overreached by creating a default whether the property owners wanted it or even knew about it. There is a huge problem in TX and other states where significant property owners (e.g. big box stores) are all in on denial of rights. Perhaps gun owners need to have sit ins at lunch counters.