"Supreme Court: ONEWS RELEASE  MEDIA CONTACT: Jordan Stein  Director of Communications  jordan.stein@gunowners.org  AMER 703-321-8585  January 22, 2019  For immediate release  GOA Applauds Supreme Court for Granting Cert in Case Involving New York  City's Draconian Gun Laws  Springfield, VA  Today the United States Supreme Court qranted a Writ of Certiorari in  P v. NY City, a case in which Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners  Foundation (GOF) have submitted an amicus brief.  This case challenges New York City's near-prohibition on possessing or transportin  handguns, and this is the first major Second Amendment challenge to be reviewed by the  Supreme Court in almost a decade.  GOA's executive director, Erich Pratt, stated, ""Gun owners across the country especialy  those behind enemy lines living in anti-qun states are rejoicing that the Supreme Court  is taking up a Second Amendment case. For far too long, judges have ignored the Second  Amendment, along with the Heller and McDonald decisions, instead employing a  alancing' test that effectively leaves gun owners in anti-gun states with a second-class  right to keep and bear arms  In fact, GOA's brief specfically challenges the ""balancing"" approach taken by judges in the  lower courts  GOA's brief states, ""Heller and McDonaldleave little doubt that courts are to assess qun  Ewhere judges] usurp the role of the Framers of the Second Amendment.  ""GOA's hard-hitting brief before the Supreme Court cuts to the heart of this problem by  arguing that judges have to follow the Constitution and the text of the Second  Amendment rather than imposing their own preconceived views upon the text,"" Pratt  concluded.  GOA's brief can be viewed here  Erich Pratt, or another GOA spokesman, is available for interviews. Gun Owners of America BREAKING: GOA Applauds Supreme Court for Granting Cert in Case Involving New York City's Draconian Gun Laws ""GOA's hard-hitting brief before the Supreme Court cuts to the heart of this problem by arguing that judges have to follow the Constitution - and the text of the Second Amendment - rather than imposing their own preconceived views upon the text,"" - GOA's Erich Pratt SCOTUS 2A nyc secondamendment goasupporters gunowners gunownersofamerica"
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