Everytown, Mothers, and others lobby for LOOSER gun control!

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....in an effort to keep the NYSRPA vs NYC case from going to SCOTUS.

https://freebeacon.com/issues/gun-co...e-scotus-case/

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"A ruling in NYSRPA vs. NYC could overturn not only the city's gun transport reg, but also ‘may-issue' laws governing concealed carry of firearms in public in New York and seven other states," Ladd Evertt, director of the gun control group One Pulse for America, wrote in the New York Daily News. "Carry licenses are more difficult to obtain than premises licenses in NYC. Law enforcement officials have discretion to deny carry licenses to applicants with a history of violence. The NRA spent $1 million to get Kavanaugh confirmed to the Supreme Court because they believe he will provide the decisive fifth vote to eliminate such discretion by declaring a new, individual right to carry guns in public."

Similar arguments were used to justify Washington, D.C.’s 2017 decision not to appeal a federal court's ruling that its "may issue" gun carry law was unconstitutional. Gun control activists feared the city's strict gun control law would be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court and set a national precedent recognizing gun rights outside the home. Gun control supporters have only become more concerned about strict gun control laws being thrown out by the Supreme Court after the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.

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I'm kind of skeptical that this case is going to lead to a groundbreaking ruling, but then I see all the anti gun people in NYC and MDA really seem to be nervous about it. Should I be getting my hopes up?

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Not sure about getting hopes up, SCOTUS may decide to rule very narrowly on this one and then see how it's interpreted for other similar cases, or they may rule that strict scrutiny applies to civil rights cases (as it should!) and send it back to the lower courts to review under strict scrutiny. Or they may roll over and pull it from the docket (the second request from NYC to have the case pulled has not been decided upon by the SCOTUS yet).

Regardless, these anti-gunners are very cunning.....they see the benefit of losing a few battles in order to win the war. (e.g. this NYC case and the shall issue decision in DC)