Federal Court Strikes Down Magazine Limit but Upholds NY Assault Weapons Ban

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Federal Court Upholds Ny Ban On Assault Weapons, But Strikes Down Magazine Limit
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Manasquan, NJ –-(Ammoland.com)- New York’s rights infringing ban on assault weapons is constitutional, but it cannot limit a gun magazine to seven bullets, a federal court judge ruled today.

The ruling by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny in Buffalo found that New York’s gun-control law, called the SAFE Act, that restricts assault weapons doesn’t infringe on Second Amendment rights. But the judge tossed a provision that limits a magazine that can hold 10 rounds to just seven bullets.

“This Court finds that the challenged provisions of the SAFE Act — including the act’s definition and regulation of assault weapons and its ban on large-capacity magazines — further the state’s important interest in public safety, and do not impermissibly infringe on Plaintiffs’ Second Amendment rights,” Skretny ruled.

“But, the seven-round limit fails the relevant test because the purported link between the ban and the state’s interest is tenuous, strained, and unsupported in the record.”

The NY State Rifle & Pistol Association and other gun-rights groups filed court papers in March to challenge the SAFE-Act soon after it was passed by the state Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who championed the law as a response to the Newtown school shootings a year ago.

The court ruling is likely to the first round in a protracted legal battle over the law, which has been widely protested by gun-rights activists.

The lawsuit claimed that the law infringed on “fundamental constitutional rights to lawfully possess, keep, bear and use firearms for self-defense and other lawful purposes.”

The law enacted tougher restrictions on gun sales, required added registration of gun possession and dropped the number of bullets allowed in a magazine from 10 to 7.

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New York Safe Act Court Ruling

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James

As I reread this Act. The court seems to side with “intent”. No matter the consequences of the actual law, it’s “ok” because the intent was good. But the intent was to stop a specific situation, which will not slow down or stop violent crime. If all violent crime was committed by lawful owners of an AR-15 style rifle, this may have some effect. This law has the effect of disarming the lawful citizen, reducing their ability to purchase ammo and leave us unarmed against unlawful government power takeovers. Not to forget personal self defense issues. I can’t believe the… Read more »

James

I don’t like the continued use of “Assault Weapons” as meaning a rifle or pistol designed for military use and then re-designed for civilian use, with semi-automatic action and removable mags of course, as inherently criminal for lawful citizens use. Many rifles use designs created from the Mauser rifle, and the Springfield’03? Or the M1 Garand, which they have banned importation of using the same “government interest” clause. The court also spent a lot of time validating the gun control stats for AR-15 style rifles, as being valid concerns, a Red Flag for 2ndA supporters, for regulation by the State.… Read more »

james

Gov Cuomo is a commie.

Take the win and continue to fight the rest of this garbage legislation.

LHTwist

This is good news of sorts. Any reversal of a law which infringes upon our Constitutional rights is good. However, the reasoning is somewhat troubling because it leaves room for the gun grabbers to make amends and work to reimpose the limit. I can’t help but notice another practice here which is continually working against the Second Amendment. The term “Assault Weapon” in this case is completely out of place. We’ve had a ban on assault weapons since June 26, 1934 when the National Firearms Act (NFA) was enacted. What New York has recently banned is modern sporting rifles which… Read more »

Jim

Feral judges are politicians that get a free ride for their lifetimes… they are corrupt because of their status. It’s a God thing… they think they are God and can’t tolerate the Constitution to tell them what to do. We need to make these guys responsible for their actions and remove the lifetime tenure. They’re not accountable to anyone, same as the feral mullahs of the so-called supreme court… they call lies truth, and turn their backs on the Amerikan people. Judges in nu yoik have been like that forever. Run them back to communist russia.

oldgringo

Federal judges have been so corrupted through out the years it’s hard to find one that would support our Constitution re: the second amendment…If NY can ban assault rifles it can ban any firearm it chooses to include cigarette
lighters that looks like guns…OMG…I just rememberd…Gun look alike cigarette lighters are banned in New York…Next thing will be the kid’s water guns…Are we beginning to get the picture of how the CommieCRats in this country have corrupted our federal judges all the way to the supreme court…Chief Justice Roberts comes to mind!