Via Fox News:
ALBANY, N.Y. – The National Rifle Association on Thursday joined the the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, other sportsmen’s groups, firearms businesses and individual gun owners in a lawsuit challenging the state’s strict new gun control law.
The federal suit, filed in Buffalo, said the law violates the constitutional rights of “law-abiding citizens to keep commonly possessed firearms in the home for defense of self and family and for other lawful purposes.”
In announcing the NRA’s support for the lawsuit, Chris Cox, executive director of NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action, said Gov. Andrew Cuomo “usurped the legislative and democratic process” in passing the measures without sufficient input from the public.
“Despite the wishes of Governor Cuomo, law-abiding citizens have a fundamental right to keep commonly possessed firearms for defense of themselves and their families and for other lawful purposes including the enjoyment of New York’s rich hunting and sporting heritage,” Cox said in a news release.
The challenge takes aim at two key provisions of the law: a lower limit on magazine capacity and an expansion of the state’s assault weapons ban to include some popular and formerly legal semi-automatic rifles.