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26 CUNY L. Rev. Footnote Forum 1 (2023)

handle is hein.journals/cunyform26 and id is 1 raw text is: NYSRPA V. BRUEN AND NEW YORK: A LOST OPPORTUNITY FOR RACIAL EQUITY IN THE POLARIZING GUN CONVERSATION By Zamir Ben-Dant PART I: THE BR UENDECISION............................................... 2 A. The Facts and Procedural History of Bruen...................... 2 B. The Racial Justice Angle - The BALA Brief...................... 3 C . The D ecision...................................................................... 5 D. Real and Potential Implications of the Decision............... 7 PART II: EXISTENT FACTORS EXPLAINING WHY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RACIAL JUSTICE WILL BE LOST ..... 8 A. The Response to the BALA Brief....................................... 8 B. The Powerful Appeal of Tough-on-Crime Politics........... 10 1. The History of Tough-On-Crime Politics.................. 10 2. Tough-On-Crime Politics in Contemporary New Y o rk ......................................................................... . . 12 C. Recent M ass Shootings.................................................... 16 D. The White Supremacist Tradition ofPrecluding and Punishing Black Ownership of Firearms ......................... 17 PART III: NEW YORK'S NEWEST GUN LAW ........................... 20 IV. CONCLUSION.......................................................................... 23 On June 23, 2022, the United States Supreme Court handed down its decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen,1 which invalidated the proper cause requirement of New York's Sullivan Law, its gun licensing statute. Reactions to this deci- sion were predictably mixed, largely drawn along the regular partisan lines.2 For those concerned about racial justice, this decision created an opportunity for honest dialogue about how to enhance public safety in a nondiscriminatory way while being consistent with the Supreme Court's T Zamir Ben-Dan is an assistant law professor at the Beasley School of Law at Temple Uni- versity. His areas of scholarship and teaching focus on criminal law and procedure, race, and American history. i New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen,142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022). 2 The Editorial Board, The Supreme Court Vindicates the Second Amendment, WALL ST. J., https://perma.cc/9KAF-9RWW (June 23, 2022, 7:44 PM); Jon Schwarz, Right-Wing Supreme Court Continues Its Great Fraud About the Second Amendment, INTERCEPT (Jun. 24, 2022, 12:01 PM), https://perma.cc/R4YZ-DLSC. 1

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