Videos tagged with NYS Carry Law

This video critically examines the legal basis for "sensitive places" gun restrictions, particularly in New York and New Jersey. It argues that historical laws restricting long guns on "lands" for hunting are not valid analogs for modern restrictions on carrying handguns into "buildings" for self-defense. The speaker, Mark Smith, a constitutional attorney, emphasizes that the burden is on the government to prove a long-standing tradition for such restrictions, and that ambiguities in historical law should favor Second Amendment rights, citing NYSRPA v. Bruen.