The complaint argues that Governor Cuomo’s executive order denying gun retailers’ status as essential retail businesses deprives the state’s residents of their Second Amendment rights, violates due process rights granted by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, and argues that the decision was politically motivated since the state has allowed retailers of liquor, pizza and donuts to remain open. It also argues that New York residents have a legitimate reason to buy guns and ammunition now, given the challenge to public health posed by the coronavirus and the ability of the police to protect the public, even as many convicted felons ... Log in to view full article.