U.S. Supreme Court lets New York enforce new gun restrictions

FILE PHOTO: A Times Square Gun Free Zone sign hangs from a light pole on 6th avenue in New York City, U.S., October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed New York to enforce a Democratic-backed gun control law adopted after the justices last year struck down the state's limits on carrying concealed handguns outside the home in a landmark ruling that expanded gun rights.

The justices rejected a request by six members of the firearms rights group Gun Owners of America to throw out a lower court's decision allowing the law to be enforced. U.S. District Judge Glenn Suddaby in October blocked enforcement of much of the law but the Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in December put that decision on hold while the state pursues an appeal.