08-02-2022, 10:22 AM
NY public defenders citing SCOTUS in challenges to gun arrests
One of the most powerful amicus briefs filed in the Bruen case came from a group of public defenders in New York, who pointed out the racial disparities in arrests for the “violent” crime of simply carrying a gun without a carry license as well as the clearly unconstitutional nature of New York’s “may issue” permitting scheme. So it shouldn’t come as a shock that public defenders have been citing the Supreme Court’s decision in Bruen in recent cases; arguing that their clients are facing charges for trying to exercise a civil right.
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2022/...BcH9N4XPCg
One of the most powerful amicus briefs filed in the Bruen case came from a group of public defenders in New York, who pointed out the racial disparities in arrests for the “violent” crime of simply carrying a gun without a carry license as well as the clearly unconstitutional nature of New York’s “may issue” permitting scheme. So it shouldn’t come as a shock that public defenders have been citing the Supreme Court’s decision in Bruen in recent cases; arguing that their clients are facing charges for trying to exercise a civil right.
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2022/...BcH9N4XPCg