Although there’s historical support for withholding a license from citizens who don’t have good moral character, those laws were based on the applicant’s past conduct and not on subjective decisions by a licensing agent, he said. The good moral character requirement is impermissibly open ended, Suddaby said. It requires people who apply for a license to carry a concealed weapon to prove their “good moral character,” sets out what’s needed to do so, and identifies areas where concealed guns can’t be carried.
New York adopted the law to control gun violence. But the plaintiffs have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of their claim, Suddaby said. Suddaby of the US District Court for the Northern District of New York, pending the outcome of a Second Amendment challenge to the law.
The provisions were put on hold Monday by Judge Glenn T.
Large parts of New York State’s new law regulating who can carry a concealed weapon and where have been put on hold by a US judge because its criteria don’t match up well with historic gun regulations.
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