New York permanently prohibits many people convicted of even misdemeanors from owning firearms unless the person has their firearms rights restored. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.Second Amendment challenges to various New York gun laws have been rejected in recent years. For example, in the 2012 case Kachalsky v. The Second Amendment reads very clearly, "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed". In Heller and McDonald, we held that the Second and. Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual right to keep and bear arms for self-defense. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms cannot be infringed. The requirement that firearm acquisitions be limited to one every 90 days (ss27(a)) is a clear infringement on Second Amendment rights. To own a handgun, you need a valid City handgun license.