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A federal judge<\/a>\u00a0temporarily blocked parts of New York state’s new gun law in order to allow the Gun Owners of America (GOA) to pursue a lawsuit challenging the legislation. <\/p>\n Chief Judge Glenn Suddaby of the Northern District of New York in Syracuse ruled that the GOA have a legitimate case for lawsuit against the new state law complicating the process\u00a0to obtain a gun license.<\/a><\/p>\n The decision will not go into effect for three days to allow the\u00a0New York government<\/a>\u00a0to appeal Suddaby’s ruling to a higher court.<\/p>\n The proposed law sets strict standards for issuing concealed carry permits.<\/p>\n The law requires that applicants for a permit complete 16 hours of classroom training, two hours of live-fire exercises and provide a list of social media accounts over the past three years as part of a “character and conduct” review.<\/p>\n Renewal or recertification of permits is required every three years…<\/p>\n Last month, Suddaby dismissed a previous lawsuit from GOA on the grounds that the group had no standing to file lawsuit.<\/p>\n However, in his ruling, Suddaby had determined\u00a0large portions of the law are unconstitutional<\/a>, leaving the door open to Thursday’s decision.<\/p>\n Read more at Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n