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philip964 wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:27 pm

Rafe wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 1:57 pm

parabelum wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:41 pm Biden is “deeply disappointed” …

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden- ... sappointed

I had a cognitive slip. I read that as: Biden is "deeply disappointing"...

Lol

This is such great news!!

Think of it in a few years reciprocity in NYC!

Let the crying start in NY.

Twitter slams Gov. Hochul’s anger over SCOTUS gun ruling: ‘Sorry the Constitution happened to you’

https://www.foxnews.com/media/twitter-s ... n-happened

Big Tim Sullivan was a notorious Irish gangster whose mob controlled New York City south of 14th Street around the turn of the 20th century. Throwing in his lot with the likes of Monk Eastman, Paul Kelly and Arnold Rothstein, Sullivan became an expert on that dark nexus where organized crime and politics consummate their unholy alliance, and soon became an influential figure in the corrupt Democratic machine there known as Tammany Hall.

...In 1911, the Irish and Jewish mobsters who put him into office faced a growing problem -- the Italians. Immigrant mafiosi newly arrived from Sicily and Naples were horning in on what had once been their exclusive domain. Gunfights on the Lower East Side and the neighborhood around Mulberry Street that was to become Little Italy grew more and more frequent, and it was getting so that you couldn't even shake down a barber shop or a greengrocer without some guy fresh off the boat taking a shot at you.

Not to worry, Big Tim told the boys. And in 1911, he took care of the problem.

The Sullivan Act was passed into law in New York state in 1911 and remains Big Tim's primary legacy. It effectively banned most people from owning and, especially, carrying handguns. Under the onerous conditions of the corrupted law, a peaceable citizen of sound mind could apply for a pistol permit, but if any of a number of elected or appointed officials objected to its issuance, he or she could be denied the license. The law remains in effect to this day and has been used as the basis for gun laws in many other states and municipalities.

philip964 wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:27 pm

Rafe wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 1:57 pm

parabelum wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:41 pm Biden is “deeply disappointed” …

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden- ... sappointed

I had a cognitive slip. I read that as: Biden is "deeply disappointing"...

Lol

This is such great news!!

Think of it in a few years reciprocity in NYC!

Let the crying start in NY.

Twitter slams Gov. Hochul’s anger over SCOTUS gun ruling: ‘Sorry the Constitution happened to you’

https://www.foxnews.com/media/twitter-s ... n-happened

Mel wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:59 pm If Democraps stay in control, they'll start working on a way to do away with the Supreme Court.

Mel wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:59 pm If Democraps stay in control, they'll start working on a way to do away with the Supreme Court.

srothstein wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 9:45 pm I think some of you may have missed the real significance of this decision. Yes, it struck down New York's may issue, but it did something a lot more significant too. It settled the question of how to decide if a law infringes on the 2A. No more intermediate scrutiny or even strict scrutiny. The new official test is a simple question - call it historical scrutiny. If the law would have been considered allowable and appropriate by the founding fathers, it is allowable. If not, it isn't. And the government has the burden of proving that it is acceptable.

This case will open up the floodgates for most gun laws to be struck down, if the lower courts abide by the test SCOTUS has now set. And it will probably affect every current gun case being considered too.

BTW, my favorite line in the decision mentions how sensitive place restrictions would be allowed. And Thomas then points out that the Island of Manhattan is not a sensitive place, no matter what the NY government claims.

DISCLAMER: I have not yet finished reading the whole decision and I have been told some of the concurrences are also very significant.

srothstein wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 9:45 pm I think some of you may have missed the real significance of this decision. Yes, it struck down New York's may issue, but it did something a lot more significant too. It settled the question of how to decide if a law infringes on the 2A. No more intermediate scrutiny or even strict scrutiny. The new official test is a simple question - call it historical scrutiny. If the law would have been considered allowable and appropriate by the founding fathers, it is allowable. If not, it isn't. And the government has the burden of proving that it is acceptable.

This case will open up the floodgates for most gun laws to be struck down, if the lower courts abide by the test SCOTUS has now set. And it will probably affect every current gun case being considered too.

BTW, my favorite line in the decision mentions how sensitive place restrictions would be allowed. And Thomas then points out that the Island of Manhattan is not a sensitive place, no matter what the NY government claims.

DISCLAMER: I have not yet finished reading the whole decision and I have been told some of the concurrences are also very significant.

I live in NY. It is not the NY that most people think of; I am 400 miles from NYC and only 200 miles from Cleveland. Where I live is basically the Eastern Midwest, not “New York.”

This decision is a good thing and it is a win, but trust me it is not quite as big of a deal as people are making it out to be. What people who are not from NY do not realize is that a NY handgun permit is not just a CCW permit; it is a discretionary permit to OWN and POSSESS a REGISTERED handgun that can be confiscated by the State at any time for any reason.

For instance, if you get ACCUSED of misdemeanor DUI, even if you have not been CONVICTED, the State can and will CONFISCATE your handguns — and after the SAFE Act, they can confiscate your long guns too.

None of this was addressed in the Bruen decision.

NYS handgun permit law requires that you demonstrate “just cause” (which is totally subjective) as to why you “need” a handgun. Licenses are issued by county judges who normally hear felony trials. Many judges, including in some very rural areas, NEVER accept “self-defense” as a “just cause” for owning and carrying a handgun. Many judges will ONLY issue a license for “hunting and target shooting,” period.

Bizarre as it may sound, violating these restrictions — i.e., carrying when you are not actually hunting or target shooting — is NOT illegal and you cannot be charged with a crime. But the judge CAN and WILL revoke your discretionary permit to POSSESS an handgun, even on your own private property, for violating these “administrative” restrictions. When your permit to POSSESS is revoked the State will CONFISCATE your handguns.

The Bruen decision says that the State cannot require an applicant to prove a “special need” justifying CCW for self-defense. In other words, Bruen says that if a judge issues a permit, it cannot have “hunting and target only” restrictions on it.

But the application and licensing process remains. In order to POSSESS a REGISTERED handgun on your own private property (with a maximum 10 rd capacity), you will still need a police background check, fingerprints, a mental health evaluation, HIPAA waiver, a safety class, between four and eight personal references, and to spend hundreds of dollars in fees and fill out a 35-40 page notarized application under penalty of perjury that is about as intrusive as a rectal exam, which asks questions like if you have bows and arrows and where they are stored.

Beyond that, the State will take steps to effectively nullify Bruen, namely: 1) they will use any and every subjective “mental health” criteria they can to deny people, and 2) they will make it it felony to carry on any private property without the express consent of the owner, meaning that if you get a carry permit in NYC literally the only place you will be able to carry is on the public sidewalk and you will not be able to enter any private restaurant, bar, deli, store, or office without getting a felony arrest which, upon conviction, will bar you from owning firearms for life.

What Real Americans in Real America need to understand is that these people are like a cult, gun control is like religion to them. Trying to get them to accept the Bruen decision is basically like going to the Grand Mosque in Mecca and trying to convert Muslims to Christianity. They simply will not listen and will gladly kill you rather than convert.

Caliber wrote: Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:45 am This case sets precedent that courts hearing 2A cases should use Text, History, and Tradition (THT) scrutiny and not use Strict or Intermediate scrutiny. This is HUGE because the liberal courts have been using Intermediate scrutiny to decide cases which (basically) allows the courts to rule however they feel fit. In addition, now we will probably see court cases regarding "sensitive areas" especially in New York and California. Because THT is required, New York (for example) can't just arbitrarily state that TImes Square is a "sensitive area".

The THT concept makes me wonder how 30.05, 30.06, and 30.07 are legal in certain instances. For example, a movie theater posts these signs. Is there THT backing banning firearms in movie theaters? I would think not. And, federal law trumps any state law. So, does Texas 30.05, 30.06, 30.07 violate the 2nd amendment at movie theaters?