NY Paper Warns Of "Culture Shock" In SCOTUS Carry Case
(AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane) I understand that, for many New Yorkers, the idea of carrying around a gun for self-defense sounds utterly bizarre, especially since the state has made it so difficult for the average citizen to do so. Still, an argument by the editors of the Long Island paper Newsday is off target in arguing that the “culture shock” that would come with a Supreme Court opinion striking down the state’s “may-issue” licensing laws for carry permits. Tough restrictions on the ability of New Yorkers to legally carry guns in public have been embedded in local habit and prac...