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NEW YORK, July 1 (Reuters) – New York lawmakers voted on gun legislation on Friday, which would ban firearms from a long list of “sensitive locations,” including the Square. The times, and require people who want a gun license to get more training and submit their social media accounts for government review.

The emergency legislative session began on Thursday, a week after the Supreme Court’s conservative majority rescinded New York’s restrictive gun licensing laws and ruled for the first time that the U.S. Constitution The United States grants an individual the right to carry a weapon in public for self-defense. read more

Democratic leaders in New York criticized the ruling, saying there would be more gun violence if more people carried guns. They have acknowledged that they must now relax the state’s centuries-old licensing scheme but are aiming to keep as many restrictions as possible in the name of public safety, which could become a target for many. more legal challenge.

The court ruled that the changing lawmakers gave too much power to officials to deny permits.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat who ordered an extraordinary session of the legislature, said the state’s gun licensing regulations have resulted in New York’s death rate. because it’s the 5th lowest gun out of the 50 states in the US.

“Our state will continue to keep New Yorkers safe from harm, even if the Supreme Court fails,” she said at a news conference in Albany. “They may think they can change our lives with the stroke of a pen, but we also have pens.”

The court allowed people to ban weapons in certain “sensitive places,” but warned lawmakers not to apply the label too widely. The court also made it easier for pro-gun groups to reverse gun regulation, ruling that firearms regulation could be unconstitutional if it were not the same as 18th-century regulation, when The Second Amendment to the Constitution is ratified.

In the early hours of Friday, the state government released text of an invoice includes a list of suggested sensitive locations.

It includes government buildings, medical facilities, places of worship, libraries, playgrounds, parks, zoos, schools, colleges, summer camps, addiction centers, shelters for the homeless, nursing homes, public transportation including the New York City subway, places where alcohol or marijuana is consumed, museums, theaters, stadiums, and venues other, polling places and Times Square.

The Senate passed Carrier Concealment Improvement Bill 43-20 in a partisan vote Friday afternoon after hours of debate in which Republican lawmakers argued the new law was too difficult. for those trying to exercise the right to bear a gun. Congress has begun debating the bill, but lawmakers said a vote may not be held before Saturday.

If passed, the law will go into effect on September 1.

‘VIOLATION OF CHANGES’

The National Rifle Association, the powerful New York-based gun owners’ rights group that was the successful lead plaintiff in last week’s Supreme Court case, said the bill was “a violation of the law.” clearly violated the court’s ruling and created more barriers for New Yorkers’ right to defend themselves, suggesting it could soon face legal challenges.

“Governor Hochul and her Anti-Second Amendment allies in Albany challenged the U.S. Supreme Court with a malicious rewrite of New York’s concealed implementation law,” Darin Hoens, director of the New York state NRA, said in a statement.

The court ruled in the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen that New York officials had too much of a discretionary power to decide what gun license applicants could get. considered a constitutional right. Applicants were denied a carry-on permit if they could not convince an official that they had “good cause,” or some kind of special reason, to carry a handgun for self-defense. . read more

Reluctantly and not without objection, Hochul agreed that the state must remove the “good cause” requirements, although the bill still requires licensing officials to find that the applicant has “a moral character”. quality.”

The proposed new licensing rules also require applicants to meet with a licensing officer, usually a judge or police official, for a face-to-face interview and to provide contact details for certain family members. directly and any adults they live with.

The bill also makes it a felony to bring a firearm into a private business unless the business affirms to post a notice stating that concealed weapons are welcome.

Reporting by Jonathan Allen in New York; Edited by Chris Reese and Daniel Wallis

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