October 22nd, 2024
Gun rights advocates have secured another victory against gun grabbing, left wing tyrants thanks to a new ruling by Judge John Sinatra Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. Sinatra struck down a law implemented by Governor Kathy Hochul and her fellow Democratic colleagues in the state legislature which prohibited the carrying of firearms on private property without the expressed consent of the property owner.
Radical leftists in New York like Hochul have been fighting vigorously to strip away the 2nd Amendment protections of their constituents. Fortunately, courts have consistently upheld the God-given rights of New Yorkers, such as in the landmark 2022 case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, when the Supreme Court struck down a former New York law which required individuals to demonstrate “proper cause” in order to obtain a carry license. This stipulation necessitated things like repeated threats of violence or continuous harassment against an applicant for them to be granted their Constitutional protections.
Seemingly, New York legislators have scornfully retaliated against the decision in Bruen by enacting waves of gun control legislation, including the private property carry ban. Immediately after the Supreme Court ruling, Hochul called for a special legislative session in which the Concealed Carry Improvement Act was passed. Upon its enactment, Hochul lamented “the Supreme Court decision was a setback for us, but I would call it a temporary setback.” The setback, of course, being in relation to her goals of totally disarming the people of New York and eliminating 2nd Amendment protections in her state.
Judge Sinatra, who was appointed to his position by President Donald J. Trump in 2019, deemed explicit portions of the law unconstitutional based on their inherent inconsistencies with historical tradition relating to the 2nd Amendment in the United States. “At least as to private property open to the public (the subject of this motion), New York’s restriction is unconstitutional.” Sinatra did make a point to express the legitimacy and constitutionality of private property owners being allowed to prohibit licensed carriers from their property, but that such a restriction being unilaterally enforced was an infringement.
Certain aspects of the CCIA were upheld, including bans on carrying firearms in so-called “sensitive locations,” such as schools or government buildings. Part of Hochul’s initial justification for the legislation was an assertion that “every location is a sensitive location,” revealing in part her true feelings towards the 2nd Amendment and its application.
Gun rights groups and organizations have celebrated Judge Sinatra’s ruling, and have vowed to continue their fight against all forms of tyrannical infringements on the right of the people to keep and bear arms. Conversely, gun grabbers are anguished in yet another failure to disarm, restrict, and victimize the American people. There can be no doubt that the New York Attorney General, Letitia James, will continue to appeal these failed gun control policies, spending more taxpayer dollars on eradicating taxpayers’ God-given rights in lengthy court battles.
Perhaps President Trump’s most consequentially positive actions in office were his court appointments, placing consistently conservative and constitutionally minded judges in important positions nationwide. These judicial appointments have served as integral barriers against the radical left’s reign of terror throughout the Harris/Biden Administration, protecting the American people from totalitarian violations at every level of government. With early voting having already begun, every gun owning Texan must vote to defend the 2nd Amendment from unprecedented threats at the ballot box.
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Article submitted to Texas Gun Rights by Blake Kresses
