United States Second Circuit

In appeal challenging New York's handgun licensing scheme which requires an applicant to demonstrate proper cause to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun in public, judgment granting defendants summary judgment is affirmed, where: 1) intermediate scrutiny applies because the regulation does not burden the core protection of self-defense in the home and tradition clearly indicates a substantial role for state regulation of the carrying of firearms in public; 2) the proper cause requirement is substantially related to New York's compelling interests in public safety and crime prevention; and 3) the law is constitutional under the 2nd amendment, as applied and on its face.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/27/2012
• Published 11/27/2012

Judges

• WESLEY

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel