Under the leadership of the Second Amendment Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) joined in the filing of a reply brief with the Western District of New York in support of its motion for summary judgment in its federal Second Amendment lawsuit, Christian v. James, which challenges several of New York’s recently implemented public carry bans.
The brief, along with all other case details and documents, can be accessed at FPCLegal.org.
“New York’s carry ban is as unconstitutional as it is immoral,” said FPC President Brandon Combs. “FPC will continue to fight forward until all peaceable people can freely exercise their right to bear arms throughout New York and across the nation.”
Today’s brief not only supports SAF & FPC’s motion but it also dismantles the State’s arguments against its claims.
“The State cannot ground its prohibition on carry in public parks and at all private property open to the public (the ‘no-carry default’) in any relevantly similar historical tradition grounded in the Founding era,” the brief states. “Instead, the State raises several unpersuasive threshold arguments, all of which can be dismissed.”
FPC brings this challenge as part of its high-impact FPC Law strategic litigation program to eliminate disarmament regimes and restore the natural right to keep and bear arms.
FPC is joined in this case by one individual FPC member and the Second Amendment Foundation. The Plaintiffs are represented by Cooper & Kirk, PLLC and Fluet Law.
Firearms Policy Coalition
Firearms Policy Coalition (firearmspolicy.org), a 501(c)4 nonprofit membership organization, exists to create a world of maximal human liberty, defend constitutional rights, advance individual liberty, and restore freedom. We work to achieve our strategic objectives through litigation, research, scholarly publications, amicus briefing, legislative and regulatory action, grassroots activism, education, outreach, and other programs. Our FPC Law program (FPCLaw.org) is the nation’s preeminent legal action initiative focused on restoring the right to keep and bear arms throughout the United States. Individuals who want to support FPC’s work to eliminate unconstitutional laws can join the FPC Grassroots Army at JoinFPC.org or make a donation at firearmspolicy.org/donate. For more on FPC’s lawsuits and other pro-Second Amendment initiatives, visit FPCLegal.org and follow FPC on Instagram, X (Twitter), Facebook, YouTube.
Constitutional Rights are not dependent on geography nor may they be limited by it: a Right exists throughout the entirety of the territory of the United States. If one Right can be geographically limited, all can. Jurisdictions could pass bans on certain people voting, speaking, etc. Sundown laws could return. While individuals could ban firearms from their private property (but not from privately-owned property that is open to the general public like stores) the government is expressly forbidden from interference in free exercise of rights under the 2nd Amendment, period. We need a Supreme Court that can understand actual plain… Read more »
“…until all peaceable people can freely exercise their right to bear arms throughout New York and across the nation.”.
I have been trying to do this for decades. I still can not do this. The justice system needs to bump up their results or I and people like me will just step up to the plate. You can not waste your life not achieving something this improtant.
HLB
Private property owners can make rules on thier property but public property belongs to the people and corrupt politicians have zero grounds to make rules on the people’s property ..