U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaking during the “Law Symposium: Justice Thomas’s Thirty-Year Legacy on the Court,” co-hosted by The C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State and The Heritage Foundation, in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 21, 2021. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday denied a request to intercede in New York’s recent takeover of background checks on applications for firearms and ammunition.
A provision of New York’s stricter gun laws, the Concealed Carry Improvement Act allowed the state to become a point of contact state on Sept. 13. It resulted in the state police processing National Instant Criminal Background Checks for customers wanting to purchase a firearm, charging a fee of $9.
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