CA:Orange County's Gun Limits Dissected in 9th (carry outside the home)

courthousenews.com ^ | 10 October, 2013 | Jamie Ross

[marktwain]

(CN) - Concerns that a limitation on concealed-carry permits in Orange County, Calif., amounts to an all-out ban did not seem to resonate with the 9th Circuit.

A three-judge panel with the federal appeals court met this week to consider a 2012 lawsuit challenging Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchen's policy of "denying law-abiding, competent adults ... state-required licenses to carry handguns in public for the purpose of self-defense." The policy requires gun owners to prove to the sheriff that they have a valid reason to carry their gun for self defense.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: banglist; carry; guncontrol; secondamendment

[marktwain]

So the judge finds that it is not an infringement on the right to bear arms, if a Sheriff can simply say, "you really do not need to protect yourself".

Essentially saying that your life is not worth as much as a shopkeepers money.

[Gay State Conservative]

Maoist don't want members of The Great Unwashed (that's us) to have firearms.So this story shouldn't surprise anyone.

[ThunderSleeps]

The policy requires gun owners to prove to the sheriff that they have a valid reason to carry their gun for self defense.

A valid reason? Read the 2nd Amendment. Oh, ok Sheriff you're a socialist scumbag and don't like it. You want to pick and choose?

Ok, here's reason #2 - was this county completely crime free last month? No murders, rapes, armed assaults, car-jackings, etc? No? Feel my wrist - that's a pulse, I'm alive. I'm alive, there is violent crime here. That (along with the 2nd) is all the reason I need.