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Professor Jacob Charles Quoted in "Can You Bring a Gun to the Zoo?" -- Syracuse News

Professor Jacob D. Charles is quoted in the Syracuse Central NY News article, "Can You Bring a Gun to the Zoo? On a Bus? Syracuse Judge Eagerly Rewrites NY Firearms Law." The article considers U.S. District Judge Glenn Suddaby's rulings, which are among the first to analyze the Supreme Court decision in New York Pistol & Rifle Association vs. Bruen, which overturned a century of gun control.

Excerpt from "Can You Bring a Gun to the Zoo? On a Bus? Syracuse Judge Eagerly Rewrites NY Firearms Law"

Another Second Amendment scholar, Jake Charles, of Pepperdine University, in California, said the Supreme Court decision left state legislatures and judges in the lurch.

“The test that Bruen set up is unworkable in practice,” Charles said. “It doesn’t give clear guidelines to state officials or state legislatures. What do you need to do to pass constitutional laws? How do judges do this?”

The complete article may be found at Syracuse News