A Second Amendment case recently argued before the Supreme Court has the potential to drastically increase the number of people carrying handguns in the United States. According to the plaintiff, an NRA affiliate called NYSRPA, the New York handgun licensing law in question breaks with historical tradition by requiring permit applicants to demonstrate a heightened…
Abbott’s NYSRPA Brief is #NotTexas
Last month the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what promises to be a landmark Second Amendment case. NYSRPA v. Bruen looks like an opportunity for the court to provide some guidance on what types of state and local firearm regulations are permissible under the Second Amendment. The question of gun-law historicity has taken…
Brennan Gardner Rivas, PhD 