Supreme Court gun ruling reminds New Yorkers there is a right to bear arms

Supreme Court decision on gun rights means Constitution doesn't stop at New York border. N.Y. residents shouldn't fear since permit holders are law-abiding.

The Supreme Court this week informed your state government that there is, indeed, a Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and that it does, in fact, protect a right of the people (not just "special" people) to bear arms in public for self-defense. 

I know this news shocked many of you, since you’ve long-lived under a regime that routinely conflates lawful gun owners with criminals. Constitutional rights can be scary, especially when you don’t understand them or don’t particularly like them. Your state and local government officials have spent months preemptively warning you that this day would destroy all of their efforts to keep you safe, as though ordinary, law-abiding gun owners in New York were the real problem plaguing your streets.