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RICHMOND BORO GUN CLUB, INC. v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 1209, Docket 95-7944.

97 F.3d 681 (1996)

RICHMOND BORO GUN CLUB, INC., New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. and John Does I Through VI, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and National Rifle Association of America, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, and Lee P. Brown In His Official Capacity as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 10, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Halbrook, Fairfax, VA (Susan Courtney Chambers, New York City, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Alan Beckoff, New York City Law Dept, New York City (Paul A. Crotty, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York City, on the brief, Stephen J. McGrath, Albert Fredericks, New York City, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.

(Ira S. Sacks, on the brief, Jocelyn Lee Jacobson, Deborah Lifshey, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York City, Dennis A. Henigan, Gail Robinson, Center To Prevent Handgun Violence, Washington, DC, all of counsel), for Amicus Curiae Center To Prevent Handgun Violence, New York Association Of Chiefs Of Police, Detectives' Endowment Association, Captains Endowment Association, Lieutenants Benevolent Association and Sergeants Benevolent Association.

Before: FEINBERG, WALKER, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Richmond Boro Gun Club, the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, and John Does I through VI brought this action challenging New York City Local Law 78 of 1991, amending New York City Administrative Code § 10-131 & §§ 10-301 through 10-310 (hereafter "Local Law 78"), which criminalizes the possession or transfer of certain assault weapons and ammunition feeding devices within the city.1...

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