Federal appeals panel strikes down California limits on concealed carry

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Fox News: California concealed weapon law tossed by fed appeals court​

SAN FRANCISCO – A divided federal appeals court on Thursday struck down California's concealed weapons rules, saying they violate the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

By a 2-1 vote, the three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said California was wrong to require applicants to show good cause to receive a permit to carry a concealed weapon.

"The right to bear arms includes the right to carry an operable firearm outside the home for the lawful purpose of self-defense," Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain wrote for the majority.

Judge Sidney Thomas dissented, writing that the good cause requirement limited the number of people carrying concealed handguns in public to those legitimately in need.

Oh, there's a need, all right, Judge Thomas, a need to protect ourselves from the government.

 

[Revmitchell]

Even the most liberal court in the country recognizes these laws are not in line with the Constitution.

 

[North Carolina Tentmaker]

This subject is already on the radar for the SCOTUS with two other cases, hopefully in October.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...r-to-hear-cases-regarding-right-to-bear-arms/

From the article:

“The explicit guarantee of the right to ‘bear’ arms would mean nothing,” the NRA’s filing in the Texas matter reportedly argues, “if it did not protect the right to ‘bear’ arms outside of the home, where the Amendment already guarantees that they may be ‘kept.’

 

[InTheLight]

Even the most liberal court in the country recognizes these laws are not in line with the Constitution.

Yep. And it should be remembered every time some alarmist says, "all of our rights are being taken away". It's true that we are seeing an erosion of freedom, but hardly, "all of our rights are being taken away". BTW, the Supreme Court upheld the legality of guns in Washington DC about 5(?) years ago, as well.

 

[Revmitchell]

Yep. And it should be remembered every time some alarmist says, "all of our rights are being taken away". It's true that we are seeing an erosion of freedom, but hardly, "all of our rights are being taken away".

Apparently you do not understand the phrase and its intent. Maybe you should stop trying to nitpick small things and look at the bigger picture.

 

[InTheLight]

Apparently you do not understand the phrase and its intent. Maybe you should stop trying to nitpick small things and look at the bigger picture.

Please tell me what is not big picture about "all of our rights are being taken away?"

 

[Revmitchell]

Please tell me what is not big picture about "all of our rights are being taken away?"

Do you know what happens with altruistic people. They can almost never see the forest for the trees. That phrase is used in exaperation by people who see far too many rights being infringed on. Is it always exactly right? Nope, but it does communicate a high level of rights being in fringed on. When day after day people are seeing things changed in a way not consistent with historical precedence over and over a gain that is how they feel about it. Trying to pick at it is just childish nit picking.