Getting a concealed gun permit in NYC remains a challenge despite Supreme Court ruling
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🗓️ 13 August 2024
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| 0:00.0 | More than two years ago the Supreme Court struck down a century old law in New York |
| 0:05.4 | state restricting who could carry a concealed gun. The landmark ruling was seen |
| 0:10.4 | by Second Amendment supporters as a huge victory and by some gun control |
| 0:14.5 | advocates as opening the door to violent chaos on the streets of New York. |
| 0:18.6 | Special correspondent Christopher Booker reports on what has and notably what hasn't changed since then. |
| 0:25.0 | For 25 years, John Delocca has owned Seneca's sporting range and gun store in New York City. |
| 0:32.0 | A city with some of the |
| 0:33.8 | with some of the strictest gun laws in the entire country. |
| 0:37.1 | How hard would you say it is to own a gun in New York City? |
| 0:41.4 | Very hard. For almost all of Delocas four plus decades in the gun business, to carry a concealed firearm |
| 0:49.0 | in the city, you either had to be a cop or show, quote, proper cause, a provision of a gun control law from 1913. |
| 0:57.0 | Proper cause, it was all about money. You had to have a cashier business, a gun dealer, be a gun dealer, a |
| 1:03.4 | a diamond dealer, a 24-hour gas station. |
| 1:05.6 | But in June of 2022, all that changed. |
| 1:09.2 | In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court struck down New York's law, ruling the restriction |
| 1:15.2 | violated the Second Amendment's right to keep and bear arms. |
| 1:18.8 | Shocking. |
| 1:20.4 | Absolutely shocking. |
| 1:22.4 | The reaction from officials like New York Governor Kathy Hockel was immediate. |
| 1:26.0 | Today the Supreme Court is sending us backwards in our efforts to protect families and prevent gun violence. |
| 1:32.0 | This could place millions of New Yorkers in |
| 1:34.0 | harm's way. I said if he has three he has six. But for Deloka who goes by the |
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