• Times Square also one of the areas that will be off limits for guns under sweeping new state law going into effect Thursday.
• Measure passed in state legislature after Supreme Court decision in June expanded gun rights.
• Recently enacted N.Y. law also sets strict standards for issuing permits to carry concealed gun.
• New York among half-dozen states that had parts their gun laws invalidated by high court, over requirement for applicants to prove they “proper cause” for a permit.

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