From [HERE] A key part of a newly-passed gun law in New York got its first challenge on July 11 as more Republicans are expected to join similar legal efforts.

Carl Paladino, a Republican, filed a lawsuit challenging Section 5 of the gun law in the federal court in Buffalo.

The challenged section bans concealed carry licensees from bringing their concealed weapons into private businesses unless the owners put up signs saying guns are welcome. People who bring guns into places without such signs could be prosecuted on felony charges.

Section 5 will turn the Second Amendment’s guaranteed right to self-defense into a right New Yorkers may only exercise after receiving permission from strangers, the lawsuit claims.

Paladino also planned to file a motion to block this section before it takes effect on Sept. 1.

“I am confident that I will win my lawsuit, and I am prepared to take this all the way to the Supreme Court to do so,” he said in a statement.

Paladino is competing in a primary in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, which runs from the suburbs of Buffalo to rural communities along the Pennsylvania border.

He’s apparently not the only Republican who’s challenging the strict gun law.

State Republican Party Chair Nick Langworthy, who also is competing in that GOP primary, said last week the party would challenge the law as part of a coalition.

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