New York Senate passes stiffer gun restrictions to soften blow of Supreme Court ruling
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While pro-gun advocates will likely challenge this legislation in court, there is bipartisan confidence that the language of the state's new bill will hold up against legal scrutiny and successfully protect the lives of New Yorkers in light of extreme recent gun violence in the US.
Despite justice Clarence Thomas warning that gun rights were not a "second class right," New York legislation has undermined the Second Amendment and relegated it to the status of a third-class right. The Supreme Court must take action against the clear dismissal of its recent rulings by the state of New York.