ALBANY, N.Y. — New York can continue to enforce its recently enacted law barring guns from “sensitive” places as legal challenges play out, the U.S. Supreme Court said on Wednesday.
In a brief order, the nation’s highest court denied an emergency request from opponents who have filed challenges against the law, arguing it violates their constitutional right to bear arms.
Gov. Hochul and lawmakers crafted the new law, which bars gun owners from carrying firearms in a large number of public places and tightened the state’s licensing process, after the Supreme Court overturned a 100-year-old Empire State law limiting who can carry a concealed handgun in public.
