Value the Constitution? Then you must be fine with Supreme Court nixing New York gun law.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The overly restrictive Sullivan Law undermines the Second Amendment.
55% : The court did not question whether the government could still restrict gun ownership in vulnerable places such as schools and courthouses.
54% : In other words, the Second Amendment does not depend on the judgment of a state bureaucrat.
51% : Moreover, the text of the Second Amendment is broadly phrased: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
44% : The key to understanding this case is found in the level of discretion invested in bureaucrats who allegedly have used their power to disfavor people unaffiliated with law enforcement, create artificial definitions of a "violent felony" and burden citizens with significant fees, as the Sullivan Law's numerous critics have noted.
40% :The court concluded: "The Second Amendment 'is the very product of an interest balancing by the people' and it 'surely elevates above all other interests the right of law-abiding, responsible citizens to use arms' for self-defense. ...

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