Michael A. Gurnett v. James F. Bargnesi, Acting Judge, Niagara County Court, New York

Does the New York Pistol Permit Law, on its face and as it was applied to the Petitioner Michael Gurnett; which forces citizens to seek the permission of neighbors, police officers and licensing officials to exercise a fundamental right and which vests in licensing officials virtually unlimited discretion to deny, suspend or revoke handgun permits while ignoring due process and which forces citizens to endure a lengthy and complex permit application process, violate the Second Amendment right to bear arms as understood and elucidated by this Court as a fundamental right in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008) and McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010). II. LIST OF PARTIES The petitioner, Michael A. Gurnett, was the petitionerappellant in the courts below. The Respondent James F. Bargnesi, was the respondent in the court below. Neither of the parties is a corporation.