\n<\/p>\n
New York is invoking colonial-era bans on selling guns to Native Americans to defend the constitutionality of its \u201cgood moral character\u201d standard for obtaining a concealed carry license.<\/p>\n
This requirement, part of the Concealed Carry Improvement Act (CCIA) that Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul\u00a0signed in July<\/a>, is set to take effect in September.\u00a0The Supreme Court struck down<\/a>\u00a0a provision of the bill in June that required concealed carry permit applicants to demonstrate a need for self-protection.<\/p>\n Gun Owners of America (GOA), a gun rights lobbying group,\u00a0sued<\/a>\u00a0New York State Police Superintendent Kevin P. Bruen in August, seeking to block the legislation. In response to the lawsuit, Bruen\u2019s lawyers argued in a court filing that the CCIA\u2019s \u201cgood moral character\u201d standard is deeply rooted in Anglo-American legal tradition and should therefore be upheld by the court.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom the early days of English settlement in America, the colonies sought to prevent Native American tribes from acquiring firearms, passing laws forbidding the sale and trading of arms to Indigenous people,\u201d\u00a0the filing reads<\/a>…<\/p>\n \u201cIt proves what GOA has been saying for decades, which is that the origin of gun control is racist,\u201d Aidan Johnston, GOA\u2019s director of federal affairs, told the Daily Caller. \u201cGun laws come from a majority trying to suppress or dominate or control a minority, whether it be a minority of Catholics in early America, or a minority of Native Americans when there\u2019s colonials trying to take over the continent.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more at The Daily Caller<\/a><\/p>\n