Whereas the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees the right of Americans to keep and bear arms; Whereas the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in McDonald v. City of Chicago that the right to keep and bear arms [is] among those fundamental rights necessary to our system of ordered liberty ; Whereas the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in NYSRPA v. Bruen that New York State’s Sullivan law is unconstitutional and the Second Amendment cannot be subject to a balancing test; Whereas the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Second Amendment does not distinguish between the right to keep and bear arms in one’s home and in public; Whereas the Supreme Court of the United States in District of Columbia v. Heller ruled that the Government cannot declare somewhere a sensitive place simply because it is crowded and generally protected by the police; Whereas New York State has passed the Concealed Carry Improvement Act (CCIA) to unconstitutionally restrict the ability to keep and bear arms; Whereas the CCIA abuses the ability of the State to declare certain locations as sensitive places where concealed carry is not permitted; Whereas the CCIA declares Times Square , all demonstrations and gatherings, and public sidewalks during special event[s] to be sensitive places , contradicting the precedent of the Supreme Court of the United States; Whereas the CCIA violates private property rights by automatically declaring all private property to be a sensitive place ; Whereas the CCIA requires concealed carry license applicants to provide 3 years of social media posts to licensing officers to review their character and conduct ; Whereas this social media review uses overly broad language that could violate concealed carry license applicants’ First and Fourth Amendment rights and be used to target individuals based on their political opinions