Excuse my ignorance.....but does this law now effect people outside of NYC with CCL's....are they grandfathered ? or does this law effect everyone residing now in NY state ?
It actually has an impact outside of the state too.
This is something people playing the court battle game often miss.
This was a federal court of appeals, that means the district is effected.
While the law itself only pertains to New York, it in essence has decided that the same law would be legal anywhere in that federal district.
Additionally though not as binding is other district courts will look to the decisions of another district court on the same issue in influancing the decisions they make.
If the Supreme Court were to hear it they could then apply it to the nation. Suddenly many states that may have thought it was going to far would then know for certain they could have tougher laws on the books if they chose and it would be constitutional.
Each time you put something higher in the federal courts the resulting decision has a broader reach.
This one appears to have been in the 2nd District.
That would mean it directly impacts New York, Vermont, and Connecticut.
It does not apply that law to the other two states, it merely tells them they could have such a law or similar if they wanted and according to thier district court it would be Constitutional at the Federal level.
