![]() ![]() ![]() Kathy Hochul, who has made strengthening gun laws a campaign issue heading into a November election against GOP Rep. ![]() The ruling temporarily blocked several gun-free zones created under the new law, but left in place restrictions on some locations - including schools, courts and polling places. Suddaby tossed a prior legal challenge on a technicality, even as he signaled the new laws were “unconstitutional.” Suddaby indicated Thursday that the new plaintiffs had cleared the previous technical hurdle. The suit was brought by six New Yorkers holding or seeking the permits. In a statement Thursday, state Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt crowed that “Albany’s political ruling class” had “parroted a false narrative that law-abiding firearm owners are the root of increasing crime in our communities.” Republicans who opposed the laws cheered the decision. It merely replaced one subjective requirement with another by “retaining (and even expanding) the open-ended discretion afforded to its licensing officers,” he wrote. ![]() Suddaby said in an order that the new “good moral character” requirement passed in response was no better. In June, the Supreme Court said a prior licensing regime, which required applicants prove a need for self-protection, was too subjective. ![]()
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