Category: Jurisprudence

All this is doing is creating more bad case law:

“A federal appeals court has ruled against a former publisher and political activist who wanted to buy guns. Sam Zherka was previously convicted of making a false statement to a bank and filing false tax returns. He argued that because those were nonviolent felonies, he should be allowed to own firearms. The court ruled the Second Amendment does not prevent Congress from disarming convicted felons. That decision upholds a lower court ruling. Zherka says he plans to take his case to the Supreme Court.”

I wish he would not do that.

Case is Zherka v. Bondi.

The Supreme Court has denied certiorari on the Antonyuk v. James lawsuit. It is my understanding that the Court frowns upon appeals from preliminary injunctions so I would not read too much into it.

Gov. Hochul is gloating about it:

“New York’s strong gun safety laws save lives, and gun violence has declined by 53 percent since a pandemic-era peak. In 2022, after the Supreme Court decided to overturn New York’s century-old concealed carry laws, I fought to pass new legislation to keep our streets and subways safe from gun violence — and we got it done. Today, the Supreme Court has officially rejected an attempt to block this critical legislation, ensuring the core tenets of the law I signed in 2022 will remain in effect. Public safety will always be my top priority, and I’ll continue fighting to keep New Yorkers safe.”