But this lawsuit was critically flawed from the start, because the Supreme Court’s watershed 2 Amendment decision, D.C. v. Heller, confined its holding to the possession of firearms “in the home”.
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“If gun rights are important to you then you need to take a look at who you are voting for”, said Coleman.
A Washington state lawmaker says a federal appeals court ruling upholding California’s limits on concealed-weapons permits should prompt consideration of such legislation here.
Since Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones took office in 2010 and made good on his vow to loosen restrictions, for instance, the number of concealed weapons permits ballooned from fewer than 400 to 7,865, as of April. San Diego County chose to quit the fight, but the state of California intervened and joined Prieto in asking for a rehearing.
There’s one other factor that distinguished Arizona from California. Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens told the National Rifle Association that some 1,700 permits were issued under the looser standard. Rhode Island, he said, has two complicated laws pertaining to concealed weapon permits. “So we’re the good guys”.
In California, applicants who wish to carry concealed handguns in public must show they have good cause before receiving permits.
In the ruling this week, the court held that, in sum, the Second Amendment doesn’t give the right to carry a concealed weapon, rather leaving that interpretation to the individual states.
In 2014, a three-judge panel of the same court ruled applicants need only express a desire for personal safety.
Second Amendment advocates on the West Coast argue a sprawling ruling by a federal appeals court on carry rights Thursday dodged the question at hand and opened an entirely different can of worms in the process.
It was consistent with rulings since 2012 in three other circuits upholding similar restrictions in New York, Maryland and New Jersey.
Until quite recently, in other words, there was a near-universal consensus among courts and legislatures that America’s Constitution, historical practices, and legal traditions do not create a right to carry concealed arms in public.
The Thursday ruling by the 9th Circuit did not address a California law that bans open-carry, the newspaper notes. The side pro-guns are saying that stricter gun permit requirements are causing the crime rates to go up, but there is reportedly no proof of such findings. Anyone in those states with a clean record and no history of mental illness can get a permit. In her opinion concurring with the majority, Graber found California justified in giving counties the authority to restrict the carrying of concealed firearms in public, as they strike a balance between allowing people to protect themselves and reducing gun violence. The news is being billed as a victory for gun control and a startling defeat for gun rights activists.
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Hagel said this issue has come up time and again.
