Notionally, New York State passed a law preventing New York City from reverting the the challenged rules.
New York State is not a party in this case. New York City is not technically free to revert to the challenged rules. This is why the Voluntary Cessation Doctrine doesn't kick in.
In...
The NFA established a registry and tax for certain items, to include MG's.
The Hughes Amendment closed the registry for new civilian legal MG's.
If the NFA was repealed, there would no longer be a registry. If MG's no longer have to be registered, it doesn't matter if the then...
The DC law didn't allow for functional firearms at all.
The San Diego law (and the law in several other cities in CA) allow for a firearm to be kept in a functional status, unlocked as long as it is worn or under the immediate control of an adult.
They aren't saying all of your guns have to be...
Wolfwood is an actual lawyer... I *might* have stayed at a Holiday Inn last night...
I've got toms of faith that he's ahead of me in the legal analysis
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Forget em. It's just a proposed rule change. It's not even a city ordinance for christ's sake. There's nothing stopping NYC from reverting once the case is dropped.
Citations of court rulings are in the footnotes from the web-page I pulled it from...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_control_policy_of_the_Bill_Clinton_administration
This is why the hole on S&W revolvers for the internal lock is commonly referred to as the "Hillary Hole"