Syracuse, N.Y. — A ruling by a federal judge in Syracuse tonight will allow New York’s sweeping gun control law to go into effect Thursday as planned.
But, the judge warned, several parts of the law were likely unconstitutional and could be challenged again in the future. The new state law was a response to a U.S. Supreme Court decision in June that struck down a century-old New York law that required a specific reason for someone to obtain a concealed-carry handgun license.
That U.S. Supreme Court ruling opened the door to more people obtaining concealed-carry licenses. But the state responded with the strictest gun-control measures in the country.
But Chief U.S. District Judge Glenn Suddaby ruled that he had no power to overturn the state legislature’s expansive gun control measures because of technicalities in the lawsuit pending in his courtroom.