New York’s newly enacted restrictions on firearms in places of worship violate the constitution, according to a new legal brief filed by the Second Amendment Foundation in a case challenging the state’s new gun control laws.
The brief, filed in the Second Court of Appeals by the Second Amendment Foundation, urges the court to uphold a decision by the lower court in a lawsuit that blocked New York’s restrictions against firearms in churches, synagogues and other places of worship.
In the court filing, lawyers for the plaintiffs in the case — Reverend Jimmie Hardaway, Jr. and Bishop Larry Boyd — say the new restrictions have “stripped” them “of the right to bear arms in order to defend themselves and their congregations.”
By Christian Wade