Kachalsky v. County of Westchester

WESLEY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents a single issue: Does New York’s handgun licensing scheme violate the Second Amendment by requiring an applicant to demonstrate “proper cause” to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun in public?

Plaintiffs Alan Kachalsky, Christina Nikolov, Johnnie Nance, Anna Marcueei-Nance, and Eric Detmer (together, the “Plaintiffs”) all seek to carry handguns outside the home for self-defense. Each applied for and was denied a full-carry concealed-handgun license by one of the defendant licensing officers (the “State Defendants” 1 ) for failing to establish…