Posted on 02/13/2014 11:24:30 AM PST by KneelBeforeZod
California must allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed firearms in public, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, striking down the core of the state's permit system for handguns.
In a 2-1 decision, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said San Diego County violates the Constitution's Second Amendment by requiring residents to show "good cause" - and not merely the desire to protect themselves - to obtain a concealed-weapons permit.
State law requires applicants to demonstrate good cause, as well as good moral character, to carry concealed handguns, while leaving the permit process up to each city and county. The ruling, if it stands, would invalidate that system.
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Not doing a full on Snoopy dance yet, but I’m warming up my dancing shoes just in case...
The Ninth Circus actually made a good decision - it will be promptly reversed.
Yup, you shouldn’t have to be a celebrity, be a friend of law enforcement or someone prominent to have the right of self-defense. And its quite frankly NONE of the sheriff’s or police chief’s business why I need a gun. I don’t have to explain my reasons to them any more than a cop has to answer to his boss on why he carries a gun on duty.
We all have the right to protect ourselves, not just the rich and famous and the politically connected. The rules for issuing a permit have to be the same for every one and your right to bear arms should not be a function of your social status, political influence or wealth. That belongs to all of us.
Even if en banc review reverses the 2-1 decision, it sets the stage for a trip to the SCOTUS.
I have a feeling the US Supreme Court will uphold it. The Second Amendment’s future has never looked brighter.
This argument has been seen numerous times here at Free Republic. Why does someone have the right to self defense at home, but then loses that right away from the home?
The best thing that could happen now would be for this to be appealed to the USSC and then have the appeal be DENIED for review.
Oh man, that would be OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!
Especially if some group appealed it and the Court said "You don't have standing to enter the case."
This from the Ninth Circuit? It can’t possibly be true.
The case couldn’t be clearer could it? But I’m wondering if maybe the judges understood that the issuance of a concealed weapons permit in some counties was dependent upon cronyism and celebrity status.
It's the same deal in Jersey- called having to show a "need" to carry. I think I'll forward this to Christie's office and await a reply with bated breath...
I was issued a .45 in the Army that was unbelievably bad.
It would miss at 10 meters - man size targets. I switched pistols with someone else and I started hitting handily and he started missing wildly. That was still not enough for our armorer to look at the weapon. When I PCS’d he had still not looked at it.
If this was an appeals court ruling, I’d be surprised if the losing parties tried to take it to SCOTUS. Too much of a risk of triggering a far-reaching and nationally-applicable ruling that vastly “expands” the concept of the 2nd Amendment as Liberals claim to understand this.
Better for them to walk away from this decision, hoping the next few years bring the replacement of a Conservative SCOTUS justice with a Liberal one (flipping the 5-4 balance on the court the other way) allowing a winnable anti gun case to be run up through one of the other Circuits.
I don’t remember the actual rulings, but the 9th Circuit Court has now made three Conservative friendly rulings in about as many years. Strange that...
YES!
It is exactly the same in Jersey. My father was an oral surgeon with lots of narcotic in his office throughout his career. In the late 1960s (after NJ changed its gun laws for the worse in 1967) he went to the local PD and inquired about a carry permit - because he got a lot of late night calls from people he didn't know, claiming that they had horrible pain (some did, others were looking for drugs). The chief told him that he'd never get it because he was politically connected enough (at least the guy was honest), but that he could call the cops anytime and have an escort. He immediately began telling people to meet him at the Emergency Room...and now you know part of the reason why medical costs shot through the roof.
I hope that this goes to the USSC, and that they rule correctly on this - just because I'd like to see liberals' heads exploding across the country.
Under D.C. vs Heller, that's an easy call to make. Since this court has already recognized that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms, it would be difficult indeed to reconcile that individual right with a state's discretion in issuing a carry license.
Uh, WASN’T politically connected enough.
How they have gotten away to limiting our Constitutional rights is beyond outrage.
How dare government dictate what level of safety is to be afforded to the law abiding in CA, while they defile the U.S. Constitution.
Disgusting does not begin to describe this.
I agree, I cannot explain it other than they know the fix is in at SCOTUS.
That could be it. On the other hand, can you remember any time in your life when you saw the Left take a pass on anything, with the idea it would be struck down at a higher level? I can’t.
They don’t play like the Republicans do.
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