Supreme Court Asked to Halt Morality Requirement in NY Gun Law

A New York City resident asked the US Supreme Court to prohibit authorities from enforcing a local gun licensing scheme that requires applicants to show good moral character.

Joseph Srour asked the justices on Friday to vacate an appellate stay of a trial judge’s decision letting the regulation go into effect.

The stay by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit “was impulsive and legally infirm,” Srour said. It was put in place while the challenge works its way through the courts.

Judge John Cronan, of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, in ...