Challenge to NYC’s Gun Laws Reaches Circuit: New York Brief

Handgun Challenge on Tap

The Second Circuit will hear a challenge to New York City’s handgun restrictions today, giving the appeals court a chance to lay out what hurdles the city can put up to firearm ownership.

A group of residents are appealing a Manhattan district court ruling upholding the city’s $300+ fees on applying for handguns, requisite 90-day waiting period between firearm purchases, and two-gun cap on carry licenses.

The suit comes three years after the US Supreme Court, in the landmark Bruen ruling, overturned the Second Circuit, with the high court saying New York State’s restrictions ...