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A group of Black public defenders argued NY’s gun laws are unconstitutional. (Photo: Public Domain)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Supreme Court fight for Second Amendment rights in New York welcomed an unexpected ally this week: three groups of Black public defenders working in New York City, the heart of the Empire State\u2019s draconian gun-control regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bronx Defenders, the Brooklyn Defender Services, and the Black Attorneys of Legal Aid filed an amicus brief<\/a> with the Supreme Court in which they argued that New York\u2019s \u201cmay issue\u201d carry permit requirement is both unconstitutional and racist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEach year, we represent hundreds of indigent people whom New York criminally charges for exercising their right to keep and bear arms,\u201d they write. \u201cFor our clients, New York\u2019s licensing regime renders the Second Amendment a legal fiction. Worse, virtually all our clients whom New York prosecutes for exercising their Second Amendment right are Black or Hispanic. And that is no accident. New York enacted its firearm licensing requirements to criminalize gun ownership by racial and ethnic minorities. That remains the effect of its enforcement by police and prosecutors today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group of public defenders draw on their experience representing New York\u2019s most marginalized communities to point out that police and prosecutors use the state\u2019s gun laws to persecute law-abiding racial minorities and trap them in a never-ending cycle of legal trouble. And they have the stats to back it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIn 2020, while Black people made up 18 percent of New York\u2019s population, they accounted for 78 percent of the state\u2019s felony gun possession cases. Non-Latino white people, who made up 70 percent of New York\u2019s population, accounted for only 7 percent of such prosecutions,” they write.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York\u2019s draconian gun laws require anyone seeking a concealed carry license to pay at least $400 in permit fees, take time-consuming gun safety courses, and receive permission from local law enforcement. For most of New York City\u2019s poorest residents, the first two requirements are almost impossible to meet. For anyone except former law enforcement and the richest residents, the last requirement is a pipe dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This, combined with the NYPD\u2019s history of \u201cstop and frisk” and the ability of prosecutors to charge any illegal gun possession as a violent felony, effectively destroys the constitutional right to keep and bear arms in the Big Apple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anti-gun activists are predictably incensed that a group of progressive lawyers would cast their lot with the pro-gun community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe fact that these two interest groups have found common cause in obliterating state gun regulations is just a depressing example of why we can\u2019t have nice things,\u201d writes lawyer Elie Mystal in The Nation<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, a group of Black public defenders came out in favor of obliterating gun regulations.
They highlight the right problem, but propose a solution that is dangerous and can only lead to more Black people killed by cops.
My latest in @thenation<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/ExFujqoV2y<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) July 26, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: New York Mayors Answer to Criminal Violence: Allow Lawsuits Against Gun Makers<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mystal fails to address the fact that New York\u2019s overbearing gun laws come with their own set of violent outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese stories and our experience illustrate is that New York\u2019s licensing requirements\u2014 which cause criminal penalties for unlicensed possession\u2014themselves have controversial public safety implications,\u201d the lawyers conclude in their brief. \u201cIt is not safe to be approached by police on suspicion that you possess a gun without a license. It is not safe to have a search warrant executed on your home. It is not safe to be caged pretrial at Rikers Island. It is not safe to lose your job. It is not safe to lose your children. It is not safe to be sentenced to prison. And it is not safe to forever be branded as a \u2018criminal,\u2019 or worse, as a \u2018violent felon.\u2019 In sum, New York\u2019s licensing requirements are not safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a gun case for the first time in over a decade. At issue is New York’s “may issue” concealed carry requirement, which, as the lawyers argue, effectively eliminates the right to bear arms in many jurisdictions throughout the state. A positive outcome for gun rights could be the first step in eliminating similar regimes in anti-gun states like California. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full brief below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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