Quick Caveat: This article was written in 2023. Since then, several issues with the current CCW law requirements have been resolved, but several others are still being litigated in the courts.
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Armed in Gotham
A first-person story on trying to carry concealed in the Big Apple.
New York City has some of the most-restrictive firearms laws in the country. Still, in 2021, criminals committed nearly 8,000 felonies with guns in what some affectionately call “Gotham.” How does that add up? The disparity in these two facts shows that, indeed, if it is criminal to have a gun, only criminals will have guns.
Yes, the balance of power between criminals and law-abiding residents of New York has long needed some serious recalibration.
But then, last June, New York state residents interested in their own protection—and in exercising their constitutional rights—found what appeared to be welcome relief in the ruling by the United States Supreme Court in an NRA-backed case called New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022). The case originated when the petitioners, Brandon Koch and Robert Nash (described by the Court as “adult, law-abiding New York residents”) applied for unrestricted licenses to carry handguns in public for self-defense.To Continue reading the rest of this article, click on the link below:
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