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Mercury News editorial: Concealed weapons permit decision could put Californians in danger
mercurynews.com ^ | 2/21/2014 | Mercury News Editorial

Posted on 02/23/2014 8:41:02 AM PST by rktman

If the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals' recent ruling striking down restrictions on concealed-carry gun permits is allowed to stand, California will become a more dangerous place.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; guncontrol
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Rumor has it that hip waders are being brought in by the truckload due to all the impending blood that'll be running in the streets of California if the 9th circus ruling holds. Much like has occurred in other places once the "shall issue" ruling has come in to play. Oh, wait that's what DIDN'T happen.
1 posted on 02/23/2014 8:41:02 AM PST by rktman
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It will be a more dangerous place for criminals. That includes the politicians that have ruined that state.


2 posted on 02/23/2014 8:42:59 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: rktman

And herein is the reason we do not subscribe to the San Jose Murkey News.


3 posted on 02/23/2014 8:44:58 AM PST by super7man
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To: super7man

LOL! How many papers are not subscribed to because of their “fair and balanced” reporting? Used to be the old saying was “We don’t make the news, we just report it.” Long ago and far, far away.


4 posted on 02/23/2014 8:47:58 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme),unemployment will necessarily skyrocket! Despite the % dropping. Period.)
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Criminals have carried and will continue to carry without approvals, permits and training for years and they’re worried that law abiding citizens might carry too?


5 posted on 02/23/2014 8:49:54 AM PST by umgud (2A can't survive dem majorities)
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Lawmakers should begin looking at other ways to ensure fairness -- and at alternatives for protecting the public if a concealed-weapons permit is available to anyone who passes a background check and takes a safety course.

Makes no sense. requiring background checks and safety courses are common infringements -- but that's not enough to satisfy the gunphobes?

6 posted on 02/23/2014 8:50:19 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: umgud

Guess they didn’t/don’t know that it’s against the law. How stupid do they have to be to not understand that bad guys don’t give two dumps about the laws. ;>}


7 posted on 02/23/2014 8:51:47 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme),unemployment will necessarily skyrocket! Despite the % dropping. Period.)
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To: unixfox

EXACTLY!California will become a SAFER place for law-abiding citizens;not so for PERPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


8 posted on 02/23/2014 8:51:59 AM PST by bandleader
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To: BenLurkin

For a Marxist Dictatorship to succeed there must be NO CHANCE of an armed uprising against it. Its as simple as that. IMHO Madame Guillotine WILL have her say.


9 posted on 02/23/2014 8:54:25 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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10 posted on 02/23/2014 8:56:52 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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In the 70’s I seem to recall many men walking with six shooters on their hips.

Ala Marty Robbins.....

Seemed pretty safe to me and I knew others carried under their clothing.

Didn’t strike me as odd at all and doesn’t concern me in the slightest.

It is thise people, with a criminal intent, who bother me.

That and loud rap music but, Eyez digress.....


11 posted on 02/23/2014 8:57:00 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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-—interesting group of comments after the article-—mostly shredding it-—


12 posted on 02/23/2014 8:57:47 AM PST by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: rktman

More dangerous for whom? Your beloved criminal class? Same ol’ crap, tell the big lie often enough and it becomes perceived as truth. What is a Mercury News, anyway, a Just-Us Department publication?


13 posted on 02/23/2014 9:02:10 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Don Corleone

Correct, the marxists in charge are fearful of the peons and surfs. I would be if I were them too.


14 posted on 02/23/2014 9:03:23 AM PST by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: BenLurkin

Once a person has passed a background check to purchase a firearm, the next step should be to allow the Gun Store to issue a CWP. Why add another level of bureaucracy by then requiring someone to go to a Sheriff or Police Chief?


15 posted on 02/23/2014 9:03:58 AM PST by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: unixfox

Yep. The Merc embarrasses itself by repeating the same old tired Trashcan claim: “He shudda just walk away!”


16 posted on 02/23/2014 9:05:58 AM PST by jiggyboy
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To: rktman

This one isn’t final. Given it’s the 9th, I fully expect an en banc hearing which may overrule the panel. Stay tuned.


17 posted on 02/23/2014 9:06:02 AM PST by RIghtwardHo
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18 posted on 02/23/2014 9:07:30 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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The MSM will NEVER look critically at the stats between conceal carry states and those that ban it. It’s proven to reduce violent crime.


19 posted on 02/23/2014 9:08:31 AM PST by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: rktman

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20 posted on 02/23/2014 9:11:25 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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