Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signature gun-control measure, enacted in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school massacre in December 2012, has largely survived a broad Second Amendment attack as a federal judge in Buffalo upheld most of the provisions of the law.
Western District Chief Judge William Skretny (See Profile) said in a lengthy decision posted on Tuesday that while the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013 is “not constitutionally flawless,” its major elements do not run afoul of the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
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