Second amendment expert discusses NY gun law court challenge

A federal court temporarily halted a lower court’s restraining order against New York’s concealed carry law Wednesday.

“I think New York was prepared for its former public carrier law to get struck down in June,” said Eric Ruben, a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice and a second amendment expert. “It was ready to go with new sets of restrictions that got passed in July.”

Ruben joined Bobby Cuza on “Inside City Hall” to explain Wednesday’s decision and the ongoing legal battle over New York’s new gun law.

“We’re at the beginning of a long process of litigating New York’s regulation and every state across the country is dealing with something similar,” he said. “So as a matter of strategy, I think that one thing for the public to understand is that it’s important [to not] hold your breath because there’s going to be a lot of litigation and a lot of judge’s are going to disagree about what’s been constitutional or not after that June Supreme Court ruling.”​