Arms Under Fire: A Handbook for Risk Mitigation Under the NY CCIA
UPDATE NOTE 12.08.2023: basis the Second Circuit ruling issued on this date, I’ll put out a memo to update what’s stayed through the appellate preliminary injunction. Any time there’s a ruling in NY or the 2d Circuit, purchasers will receive a memo with legal update. At the future point that a final (“merits”) decision issues, I’ll then issue a revised edition. Until then, the first issuance is the core of the laws and the legal challenges.
If you want help finding the middle of the lane for protection of your concealed carry permit from revocation and yourself from criminal charges, this handbook is where to start. It is not a substitute for individual legal advice from an attorney working with you for your individual circumstances. The CCIA is complex. It is badly written. And it is designed for you to fail.
This handbook sets forth - alphabetically - the statutory definition of “restricted areas,” the more than 75 categories of “sensitive locations,” and 25 categories of exemptions from one, the other, or both. It includes some statutory cross-references to spark ideas on what provisions mean. The presentation is easy to use in the course of your day, as you go from one location to another. It is also a great conversation starter for you with your attorney, local DAs, Sheriffs, and county personnel.
This handbook also includes a sample sign a business owner can post to give general permission to concealed carry holders to enter in, plus a separate letter a business or other private property owner can sign to give individual permission to concealed carry on site. These samples are part of a section on what you can do to help defend the Second Amendment in New York.
The essential theme of the analysis discussion (also included in the volume) is the importance that no one lose their existing license while Second Amendment civil rights cases are fought in federal and state courts. The goal is for these and other provisions to be struck down as unconstitutional, but that will take some time. In the meantime, learn as much as you can and do your best to comply.
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