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U.S. Supreme Court conservatives take aim at New York gun limits

By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley, Reuters Posted on
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Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared willing to strike down New York state’s limits on carrying concealed handguns in public in a major firearms rights case that could imperil certain restrictions nationally.

The justices heard about two hours of arguments in an appeal by two gun owners and the New York affiliate of the National Rifle Association, an influential gun rights group closely aligned with Republicans, of a lower court ruling throwing out their challenge to the state’s law, enacted in 1913.

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U.S. Supreme Court conservatives take aim at New York gun limits

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