Orthodox Jews sue New York over gun law banning concealed carry in houses of worship

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A group of Orthodox Jews in New York City are suing the state’s new law banning carrying a firearm in a house of worship and arguing that it essentially makes them "sitting ducks." The Jewish congregation in Midwood, Brooklyn, in a suit organized by the New York State Jewish Gun Club in Rockland County, filed the lawsuit on September 29 objecting to the state’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act signed by New York Democratic Gov.

Kathy Hochul, the New York Post reported. The legislation banned concealed-carry permit holders from carrying weapons into "sensitive locations" that includes "places of worship or religious observation" which the lawsuit alleges puts Jewish synagogue-goers at risk. "You are making them sitting ducks," Ameer Benno, a lawyer representing the group, told the outlet. "It’s not a myth that Jewish houses of worship are targets for hate."  Men arrive to a Orthodox Synagogue in Brooklyn on December 30, 2019 in New York City, two days after an intruder wounded five people at a rabbi's house in Monsey, New York during a gathering to celebrate the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.  (Photo by Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images) "I’m proud to represent the plaintiffs in this case.@KathyHochul’s law is blatantly unconstitutional," Benno said on Twitter. "And her contempt for fundamental rights & religious freedom cannot stand!" The lawsuit contends that taking away the ability for worshippers in synagogues to defend themselves prevents Jewish people from freely practicing their religion due to safety concerns and states that the law’s language of what constitutes a religious observation site is vague.