Justices appear skeptical of New York gun permit law's requirements

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Sonia Sotomayor , another liberal-leaning justice on the bench, later contended that history itself does not paint Second Amendment rights with a broad brush.
52% : Still, both the attorney's clients have already passed required background checks for gun licenses for hunting and target practice, Clement said, arguing the law attempts "to convert a fundamental constitutional right into a privilege."
52% : "We don't quarrel at all with the notion that the Second Amendment has something to say outside the home," said DOJ attorney Brian Fletcher.
50% : And that is why the licensing officer is meant to take into account not just the risk, but also the population and the availability of law enforcement."
48% : The Second Amendment case on Wednesday represents a pickup from where the court stood over 10 years ago in the 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller decision, in which justices ruled 5-4 that the Second Amendment protects a person's right to harbor a gun in a residence for self-defense.
46% : Liberal justices such as Stephen Breyer first sought to poke holes in the would-be arguments of novel conservative court justices, noting professors of history make contradicting arguments related to gun rights history.

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