Says law is 'unconstitutional'
The New York State Jewish Gun Club plans to sue New York for banning firearms in places of worship, calling it “unconstitutional” in an interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Tzvi Waldman, the founder of the New York State Jewish Gun Club, is working with a civil rights attorney to challenge a provision of New York’s new Concealed Carry Improvement Act (CCIA), prohibiting congregants from carrying guns inside places of worship among other locations it deems “sensitive.” He told the DCNF he is “very confident” the law will “definitely” be overturned, calling it “unconstitutional on so many levels.”
“The Second Amendment is not a second class right,” he told the DCNF.
The law, signed by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, also bans guns from most public and private businesses and requires that applicants for a concealed carry permit provide their social media history to verify their “character and conduct” is suitable enough to own a gun. It was passed in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in New York Firearms Association v. Bruen, striking down the state’s requirement that concealed carry applicants must “demonstrate proper cause.”