Overview

• The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to New York's Concealed Carry Improvement Act, leaving the law intact.
• The law requires applicants for firearm licenses to demonstrate 'good moral character' and prohibits carrying guns in designated sensitive locations such as schools, government buildings, and Times Square.
• The Supreme Court's decision upholds a 2024 ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which reversed an earlier federal court decision blocking much of the law.
• Plaintiffs argued the law violates the Second Amendment and lacks historical precedent, contending that the restrictions effectively ban firearms across most of New York.
• This marks another instance of the Supreme Court allowing certain state-level gun restrictions to remain in place, despite its 2022 Bruen decision that expanded gun rights.