In the Supreme Court of the United States

No. 20-843

In the

Supreme Court of the United States

NEW YORK STATE RIFLE & PISTOL ASSOCIATION, INC.,

ROBERT NASH, BRANDON KOCH, Petitioners,

v.

KEVIN P. BRUEN, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NEW YORK STATE POLICE, RICHARD J. MCNALLY, JR., IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS JUSTICE OF THE NEW YORK SUPREME COURT, THIRD

JUDICIAL DISTRICT, AND LICENSING OFFICER FOR RENSSELAER COUNTY, Respondents.

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ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

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BRIEF OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND ELEVEN OTHER CITIES AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENTS

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CELIA MEZA Corporation Counsel

of the City of Chicago MYRIAM ZRECZNY KASPER Deputy Corporation Counsel SUZANNE M. LOOSE Senior Counsel REBECCA HIRSCH Assistant Corporation Counsel 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 580 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 744-8519 suzanne.loose@

JOHN J. KORZEN Counsel of Record WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF LAW APPELLATE ADVOCACY CLINIC Post Office Box 7206 Winston-Salem, NC 27109 (336) 758-5832 korzenjj@wfu.edu

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JAMES L. SHEA City Solicitor Baltimore City Law Department 100 N. Holliday St., Suite 101 Baltimore, MD 21146 Attorney for Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Maryland

ANDREW W. GARTH City Solicitor, City of Cincinnati 801 Plum Street, Room 214 Cincinnati, OH 45202 Attorney for the City of Cincinnati, Ohio

ZACH KLEIN City Attorney 77 N. Front St. 4th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Attorney for the City of Columbus, Ohio

BARBARA J. DOSECK City Attorney City of Dayton, Ohio 101 W Third Street P O Box 22 Dayton OH 45401 Attorney for the City of Dayton, Ohio

MICHAEL N. FEUER City Attorney City of Los Angeles 200 North Main Street, 8th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90012 Attorney for the City of Los Angeles, California

DIANA P. CORTES City Solicitor City of Philadelphia Law Department 1515 Arch St., 17th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102 Attorney for the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

ROBERT TAYLOR City Attorney City of Portland 1221 SW Fourth Avenue, Room 430 Portland, OR 97204 Attorney for the City of Portland, Oregon

LYNDSEY M. OLSON City Attorney 15 West Kellogg Boulevard, Suite 400 Saint Paul, MN 55102 Attorney for the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota

MARA W. ELLIOTT City Attorney City of San Diego, California 1200 Third Avenue, Suite 1620 San Diego, CA 92101 Attorney for the City of San Diego, California

DENNIS J. HERRERA City Attorney City Hall Room 234 One Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl. San Francisco, CA 94102 Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco, California

PETER S. HOLMES City Attorney City of Seattle 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2050 Seattle, WA 98104-7097 Attorney for the City of Seattle, Washington

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page:

TABLE OF AUTHORITIES....................................... ii

INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE ............................... 1

INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT.................................... 2

ARGUMENT .............................................................. 3

I. State and Local Firearms Regulations Are Crucial to Fighting the Gun Violence that is Rampant in America ....................................... 4

A. Chicago Has a History of Gun Violence and Effective Enforcement of Firearms Regulations............................. 5

B. Other Cities and Counties Have Experiences Similar to Chicago's ............ 10

II. Localized Discretion in Firearms

Regulation Is Essential and Can Coexist with Second Amendment Rights................... 18

A. State and Local Governments have

Broad Discretion in Their Efforts to Protect the Safety of Their Residents ..... 18

B. The Second Amendment Does Not

Deprive States and Local Governments of the Ability to Experiment with Stringent Firearms Regulations.............. 20

C. New York's Discretionary Licensing Regime is the Sort of Constitutional Experimentation Needed to Combat Firearms Violence in Urban Centers ...... 23

CONCLUSION ......................................................... 27

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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

Page(s):

Cases:

Brescia v. McGuire, 509 F. Supp. 243 (S.D.N.Y. 1981)....................... 20

District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008).............................7, 20, 21, 25

Drake v. Filko, 724 F.3d 426 (3d Cir. 2013) .................... 24, 25, 26

Gonzales v. Oregon, 546 U.S. 243 (2006)............................................. 19

Gould v. Morgan, 907 F.3d 659 (1st Cir. 2018) ......................... 24, 25

Kachalsky v. Cnty. of Westchester, 701 F.3d 81 (2d Cir. 2012) ...................... 21, 25, 26

Kelley v. Johnson, 425 U.S. 238 (1976)............................................. 18

Kolbe v. Hogan, 849 F.3d 114 (4th Cir. 2017)(en banc)................ 22

Libertarian Party of Erie Cty. v. Cuomo, 300 F. Supp. 3d 424 (W.D.N.Y. 2018) ................ 20

McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010)................................... 7, 20, 21

Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr, 518 U.S. 470 (1996)............................................. 19

Moore v. Madigan, 702 F.3d 933 (7th Cir. 2012)................................. 7

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New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. City of New York,

86 F. Supp. 3d 249 (S.D.N.Y. 2015).................... 21

New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. City of New York,

883 F.3d 45 (2d Cir. 2018) .................................. 21

Panhandle E. Pipe Line Co. v. State Highway Comm'n of Kansas,

294 U.S. 613 (1935)............................................. 18

Peruta v. Cty. of San Diego, 824 F.3d 919 (9th Cir. 2016)............................... 25

Richmond Boro Gun Club, Inc. v. City of New York, 896 F. Supp. 276 (E.D.N.Y. 1995) ...................... 20

United Auto., Aircraft & Agric. Implement Workers of Am. v. Wisconsin Emp't Relations Bd.,

351 U.S. 266 (1956)............................................. 18

United States v. Krueger, 809 F.3d 1109 (10th Cir. 2015)........................... 20

United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000)............................................. 18

Woollard v. Gallagher, 712 F.3d 865 (4th Cir. 2013)......................... 24, 26

Constitutional Provision:

U.S. Const. amend. II........................................passim

Statutes:

Md. Code Ann., Crim. Law ? 4-202.......................... 26

Md. Pub. Safety ? 5-306 ........................................... 26

N.J.S.A. ? 2C:58-4 .................................................... 26

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