New York Appeals Order Overturning Gun Ban in Subway, Times Square

  • State AG James asks for stay on enforcement of Oct. 6 ruling
  • Upstate judge said many NY gun-free zones are unconstitutional

A "Gun Free Zone" sign posted in Times Square in New York. 

Photographer: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

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New York asked a federal appeals court to prevent an order overturning firearms bans in Times Square and other public places from going into effect.

State Attorney General Letitia James on Monday filed a motion with the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals to stay a lower-court decision issued last week that found many of the state’s gun restrictions unconstitutional. Such a stay would remain in effect while the state formally appeals the ruling.