Public Housing Tenants Have Second Amendment Rights, Federal Judge Rules

A housing authority in the New York state can no longer restrict tenants from owning guns.

A Glock 17 9 mm (L) and a Sig Sauer P322 .22-caliber handgun are propped up by stands on a glass countertop in front of a wall of rifles in Lawful Defense in Gainesville, Fla., on April 19, 2023. Nanette Holt/The Epoch Times

New Yorkers do not forfeit their Second Amendment rights simply because they live in public housing, a federal judge has ruled.

The Oct. 22 order from Judge Glenn Suddaby of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York permanently bars the Cortland Housing Authority (CHA) from imposing any kind of firearms ban on its residents.