New York to go to court next week over gun law

Statists hate the rule of law, and the limitations that it places on the exercise of power by the government. Dean Weingarten

A gun-rights group is challenging the assault weapons ban on grounds it violates the state constitution.

ALBANY, N.Y. -- A New York state judge has accepted a constitutional challenge to the so-called NY SAFE Act after opponents filed a complaint Thursday.

State Supreme Court Judge Gerald Connolly signed an order Friday directing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders to "show cause" in court March 11 that the law should not be enjoined.

According to a gun-rights group leading the complaint, We The People of New York, Inc., 1,256 plaintiffs from 58 New York counties filed a constitutional challenge in the Albany County court Thursday. The complaint argues that Cuomo's "message of necessity," used to push the bill through the Legislature without the required three-day waiting period, included misrepresentations and violates the state constitution.

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