New York: "YOU MUST CHANGE NOW"!

Comment: Gregg Kielma as former NYS state resident who left New York in 1977 I’m ashamed of what this state has become. Says Kielma, the once “I LOVE New York” is a thing of the past. It has become ruled by a tyrannical, socialist state government that is going to continue to send my beloved home state down the toilet. 

My dear friends, I grew up and went to high school with, PLEASE MAKE A CHANGE in leadership. I’m truly extremely concerned about you.

Article Scott Witner: The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has filed a brief reply with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing New York City’s total ban on stun guns violates the Second Amendment.

Attorneys for the Second Amendment Foundation and its partners have submitted a reply brief in Calce v. City of New York, a case challenging the city’s complete prohibition on electronic self-defense weapons such as stun guns and Tasers.

New York City’s law bars residents from possessing any form of electronic defensive weapon, even though such devices are widely used across the country as a non-lethal means of personal protection. SAF is joined in the lawsuit by five individual plaintiffs and the Firearms Policy Coalition.

“Courts across the country have struck down similar bans as unconstitutional,” said SAF Director of Legal Operations Bill Sack. “The District Court upheld New York City’s ban by misapplying the ‘common use’ test, placing it in the wrong part of the analysis and effectively shifting the burden of proof from the government to the plaintiffs. That’s contrary to Supreme Court precedent, and this appeal seeks to correct that.”

The brief argues that the lower court’s ruling conflicts with the Supreme Court’s decisions in District of Columbia v. Heller and New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, both of which establish that the right to keep and bear arms includes commonly used self-defense tools.