FPC Sues New York Over Times Square Gun Ban

By John Crump

In a direct challenge to one of New York’s most visible gun-control measures, a licensed handgun carrier and the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the state’s ban on firearms in Times Square violates the Second Amendment. The complaint, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, accuses top state and city officials of enforcing an unconstitutional restriction that effectively creates a “Constitution-free zone” in one of the world’s most famous public spaces.

Plaintiff Yehuda Goldberger, a resident of Hillburn, Rockland County, holds valid concealed-carry licenses issued by both New York City and Rockland County. A law-abiding executive assistant who is not prohibited from owning firearms under state or federal law, Goldberger walks through Times Square several times a year for work and personal reasons. The ban forces him to disarm in the bustling district, leaving him unable to carry a loaded, operable handgun for immediate self-defense despite his desire and regular practice of doing so elsewhere in his daily life.

“He is subject to Defendants’ enforcement of the State’s restrictions on his right to bear arms in public,” the complaint states.

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