N.Y. County Rule on Surrendering Rifles Hits Constitutional Snag

A Nassau County, N.Y., rule that requires citizens who lose their license to own handguns to surrender all their guns, including their rifles, may violate the Second Amendment as applied to a challenger of the law, the Second Circuit said Thursday.

Victor Juzumas, who was a customs broker, lost his pistol license after pleading guilty to a charge connected to a drug trafficking scheme. Under New York law, his pistol license was revoked and he was required to surrender all of his guns to the county.

Juzumas questioned whether he could buy another rifle after he surrendered the ones he ...