In New York State Rifle, the court should look to text, history, and tradition
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 30, 2021
New York finds solace in the Statute of Northampton (1328), which forbade any person to “bring no force in affray of the peace, nor to go nor ride armed” in certain places. Sir John Knight (1686) read the statute to prohibit “going or riding armed in affray of peace,” i.e., in a manner “to terrify the King’s subjects.”
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