An excerpt from Knight v. City of New York, decided yesterday by the Second Circuit, in an opinion by Judges Denny Chin, Richard Sullivan, and Maria Araújo Kahn:
Cavalier D. Knight, a would-be gun dealer residing in New York City [challenges a New York City regulation requiring] applicants for firearms dealer licenses to "maintain a place of business in the city," which effectively requires the applicant to maintain a brick-and-mortar location.
The trial court concluded Knight lacked standing to bring the challenge, but the appellate court reversed, and sent the case back down for a substantive Second Amendment analysis:
