The Supreme Court's decision overturning a gun-permitting law in New York has states with robust firearms restrictions scrambling to respond on two fronts - to figure out what concealed-carry measures they might be allowed to impose while also preparing to defend a wide range of other gun control policies.
Pro-firearms groups in several states said they plan to do just that.
Michel said the standard will affect three prominent California laws. Legal challenges to the state's limits on assault weapons, its requirement for background checks for buying ammunition and its ban on online ammunition sales are pending before a federal appellate court.The Supreme Court also is considering whether to take up California's law banning ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 bullets, as well as a similar law in New Jersey.
That leaves an opening for governors and state lawmakers in New York and the six other states with similar concealed carry laws: California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island. Most state legislatures are finishing their sessions or have already ended for the year, so any response would likely have to wait until next year. Rhode Island Democratic state Rep. Robert Craven, an attorney, said he would study the opinion in the New York case to determine whether or not it creates a concern that Rhode Island's requirements could be challenged, and whether that can be remedied by legislation.
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