New York can enforce laws banning guns from ‘sensitive locations’ for now, U.S. appeals court rules

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and MICHAEL HILL
Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York can continue to enforce laws banning firearms in sensitive locations, a federal appeals court ruled Friday in its first broad review of a host of new gun rules passed in the state after a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of appeals also said the state can keep requiring that handgun owners be of “good moral character,” but it also blocked some aspects of New York’s new gun licensing rules, including a requirement that applicants turn over a list of their social media accounts. The court also said the state can’t enforce part of the law that made it a crime to carry a concealed gun onto private property without the express consent of the owner.