NEW YORK LAW JOURNALY 1967 LICENSE
The rest of the licensing regime remains in force and is being updated to clarify the eligibility criteria for acquiring a license to carry a concealed handgun in public in this State. The proper-cause requirement the Court invalidated was just one requirement for obtaining a concealed carry license in New York.
The decision does not invalidate New York’s handgun licensing requirement.What does the Supreme Court’s decision do to gun safety in New York State? Consequently, the Court ruled that New York’s proper-cause requirement was not part of a “historical tradition” defining the “outer bounds of the right to keep and bear arms.” (p. The Court’s opinion focused primarily on history, relying on its view that there was no precedent for similarly restrictive laws limiting people’s ability to carry handguns in public for the purpose of self-defense when the Second Amendment was ratified.A license to carry a handgun may be denied for other reasons specific to an applicant’s background, character, or ability to use a firearm properly, but not for lack of a special need for self-defense. The Court ruled that the 109-year-old provision violated the Second Amendment, holding that States may not require otherwise responsible and law-abiding citizens to show “a special need for self-defense” in order to qualify for a license to carry a handgun outside the home.In its wake, on July 1, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law new legislation strengthening the state’s gun laws. Bruen removed a key element of New York’s gun laws, making it easier to obtain a license to carry a firearm in New York’s public spaces. (New York does not allow handguns to be carried openly at all, and that restriction was not challenged in the case.) The Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v.
Supreme Court struck down part of New York’s concealed carry law, a provision requiring an applicant to show “proper cause” in order to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun outside their home.
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