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Concealed carry, California and the 9th Circuit’s misrepresentation of the facts
Fox News ^ | June 10, 2016 | John R Lott Jr

Posted on 06/10/2016 4:33:18 PM PDT by richardb72

Thursday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 7-4 decision that Americans don’t have a right to carry concealed handguns for protection. Since California bans people from openly carrying guns, their decision amounted to prohibiting people from carrying guns at all (whether openly or concealed).

It is clear that a judge’s political affiliation determines whether he thinks that people have a right to defend themselves. Democratic judges are now moving to overturn recent Supreme Court decisions that struck down bans on guns.

Last year, about 0.24 percent of adult Californians had a concealed handgun permit. In the rest of the U.S., the rate was 24 times higher, for a rate of 5.8 percent.

In many parts of California, it is essentially impossible to get a permit. In San Francisco County, just four people (0.0005 percent of the adult population), got a permit in 2015. That is an improvement over 2012, when just two permits were granted — one of which was to the sheriff’s personal attorney.

Los Angeles has a slightly higher rate of 0.007 percent. But all of the permits went to judges, reserve deputies, and very wealthy donors to the Los Angeles Sheriff's campaign fund. Clearly, this isn’t the same thing as letting civilians defend themselves.

Police are probably the single most important factor in stopping crime. But police understand the simple fact that they virtually always arrive on a scene after the crime has already occurred. Police strongly support permitted concealed handguns not only for this reason but also because they know how important it is for their own safety. . . .

The majority in the 9th Circuit's ruling on Thursday made a sorry attempt to cite two economics papers, which they claim, show . . .

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: banglist; california; carry; concealedcarry; cprc; mediabias
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1 posted on 06/10/2016 4:33:18 PM PDT by richardb72
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To: richardb72

Only out of my cold dead hand.


2 posted on 06/10/2016 4:35:36 PM PDT by WENDLE (GO TRUMP!)
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To: richardb72

Keep and BEAR ARMS, THERE IS YOUR CARRY.


3 posted on 06/10/2016 4:37:49 PM PDT by Not now, Not ever!
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To: Not now, Not ever!

George III ruled the same way. And tben what happened?


4 posted on 06/10/2016 4:41:26 PM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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To: Sasparilla

Lucille by Little Richard!


5 posted on 06/10/2016 4:48:13 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (Delegates So Far: Trump (1,536); Cruz (559); Rubio (165); Kasich (161)
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To: richardb72

People still think Scalia died by accident - like Breitbart and that Jorno from Rolling Stone


6 posted on 06/10/2016 4:52:32 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: richardb72

The Ninth is a complete misrepresentation of a judiciary.


7 posted on 06/10/2016 4:52:45 PM PDT by disndat
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To: richardb72

The Second Amendment places no limitations, restrictions, or prescriptions on the bearing of arms.

These “learned” left-coast jurists can go piss up a rope.


8 posted on 06/10/2016 4:54:07 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: richardb72

btrl


9 posted on 06/10/2016 4:57:18 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: richardb72

Bttt.


10 posted on 06/10/2016 5:09:24 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: richardb72

Concealed means concealed.

Screw ‘em


11 posted on 06/10/2016 5:11:45 PM PDT by G Larry (Avoiding the Truth-Hillary's only expertise)
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To: atc23

Yup


12 posted on 06/10/2016 5:30:06 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: richardb72

President Trump needs to work on getting the loony 9th split up soon after he’s sworn in.


13 posted on 06/10/2016 5:32:44 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Government employees and welfare recipients: net tax consumers. Often for life.)
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To: atc23
People still think Scalia died by accident - like Breitbart and that Jorno from Rolling Stone

And Tom Clancy, whose next book was apparently about a foreign born foreign agent being installed as President.

14 posted on 06/10/2016 5:42:29 PM PDT by Edward.Fish
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I would add Joan Rivers,
Her comments about Moochel.


15 posted on 06/10/2016 5:49:11 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: richardb72

Now it goes to the supreme court? I have lots of issues with Trump but I’m not about to let the SCOTUS get filled up by Hillary.


16 posted on 06/10/2016 6:12:00 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Trod Upon

“President Trump needs to work on getting the loony 9th split up soon after he’s sworn in.”

Let me fix it for you:

President Trump needs to arrest the loony 9th and charge them with sedition.


17 posted on 06/10/2016 6:13:20 PM PDT by sergeantdave ( If not you, who? If not now, when?)
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Forget if you like or support Trump or not. This election is about preventing Clinton from appointing 2-3 SCOTUS justices over the next 4 years.


18 posted on 06/10/2016 6:57:13 PM PDT by USCG SimTech
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To: Arm_Bears

>The Second Amendment places no limitations, restrictions, or prescriptions on the bearing of arms.

SLIGHT correction. Yes, it does: upon those artificial entities w/out inalienable Rights....namely, GOVT.

Shall NOT be infringed. One cannot REGULATE that which CANNOT be infringed. Regulate != mean what (Left) thinks it means; else, it would negate itself.


19 posted on 06/10/2016 6:58:05 PM PDT by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: richardb72

Oh come on. Everybody knows it’s in the Constitution It’s right after the part about redistribution of wealth and before the part about abortion.

Seeeesch.

Don’t they teach anything in school any more?


20 posted on 06/10/2016 7:00:32 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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