The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down a major part of New York state’s restrictions on carrying firearms, handing gun rights advocates a partial victory in their challenge to a law they say drastically curtailed where licensed gun owners may carry in the Empire State.
In a decision issued on Monday, a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling blocking New York from enforcing its ban on firearms on private property open to the public—such as restaurants, gas stations, and retail stores—without the owner’s express consent.
Under that provision, part of New York’s 2022 Concealed Carry Improvement Act, even people with valid concealed carry licenses cannot carry firearms on private property unless the property owner explicitly allows it….