9th Circuit rules that the 2nd Amendment protects open carry.

[Willie Pep]

Interesting ruling today.

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the 2nd Amendment protects the right to openly carry a gun in public for self-defense.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that Hawaiian officials had violated George Young's rights when he was denied a permit to openly carry a loaded gun in public to protect himself.

Full article: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-gun-carry-ruling-20180724-story.html#

[NurseJackie]

1. Time to repeal it.

[AncientGeezer]

4. Repeal what?

[NurseJackie]

8. Hmm.

It's a mystery.

[AncientGeezer]

15. Not really....

Tell us when ANY of The Bill of Rights have been amended....let alone repealed.

BoR's...the 1'st 10....we can't get the ERA done and you want repeal 1 of the BoR's?
Let's do that as a campaign plank...wow.

[NurseJackie]

17. Ha!! :-D

[AncientGeezer]

18. Illustrative reply....didn't answer the question though did it?

You can't answer how your idea works or the process to do it.. can you?

[pintobean]

5. That won't be happening.

[NurseJackie]

9. I agree.

[X_Digger]

6. I'm curious, what do you think repeal would do? Make the right go away? n/t

[guillaumeb]

26. There are no unlimited rights.

As Scalia made clear in Heller v DC.

[X_Digger]

28. Did someone say there is such a thing?

I'm just curious what the repeal crowd thinks such a thing would do.

[guillaumeb]

29. The debate, in my view, really consists in what limits are acceptable.

If the legal consensus were to be that open carry is not allowed, it would not be allowed. The (Russian money taking) NRA spends a lot to influence politicians and gun owners.

[guillaumeb]

31. Welcome to DU.

Legal consensus at one time pointed to slavery as being legal. That consensus evolved. Slavery is no longer legal.

[rzemanfl]

32. Enjoy your brief stay. n/t

[X_Digger]

33. And that has what to do with repeal?

Sorry, I'm not connecting the dots here..

[johnp3907]

10. Agreed.

[manor321]

2. Just the beginning

With a 5-4 Supreme Court, we won't be able to stop any of this for decades.

And we all know who to blame.

[maxsolomon]

3. Coming soon: 9th Circuit protects the right to openly carry a gun in public

merely to Own the Libtards.

Stigginit is Freedom.
Peace is Weakness.
Stochastic Terrorists are Militias.

[spanone]

7. The United States of Gunz

[kwassa]

11. This is only 3 of the 9 judges on the appeals court.

This might undergo additional review by the full appeals court. The 9th is usually the most liberal in the country.

[AncientGeezer]

16. And 1 of the most overturned...

[tonedevil]

22. I think they are the third...

of course they hear more cases than any of the other circuits as well. Was there supposed to be a point to your comment? The thing is it manages to be meaningless yet sound accusatory.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

20. En banc would certainly overturn this one

But that decision would not likely survive if SCOTUS takes it up. For that reason, the 9th may just sit on this one, to avoid risking this going to SCOTUS and setting national precedent. If they overturn this En Banc, its pretty much guaranteed to be appealed to SCOTUS, by which point Kavanaugh will already have been seated. If any gun case gets to SCOTUS after Kavanaugh is seated, it will be 5-4 siding with the guns.

[sl8]

21. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has 29 active judges.

You're right that this was a 3 judge panel.

11 of the 29 would be used in an en banc review.

[FBaggins]

24. There are far more than nine judges in the 9th circuit

I think they're authorized 29 judges... but there are several vacancies (which are offset by over a dozen judges with "senior status" who still hear cases).

[aikoaiko]

12. Boom.

[EleanorR]

13. Protect himself from what?

I don't get the paranoia and ignorance.

[pintobean]

14. ...

[onecaliberal]

19. And just wait until all the plastic printed guns hit the street. Any asshole with the money to buy

The printer can have one. No way to regulate that even if the will existed.

[HopeAgain]

23. It saddens me that

with where we are going Democrats couldn't take a strong and uniform stance against guns.

[EffieBlack]

35. You're blaming this on Democrats?

Wow.

[hunter]

25. And I'm free to say, "Go home and fuck yourself..."

... to any open carry asshole I meet.

Okay, maybe not to cops, even though I don't trust most cops to ever use guns wisely.

[Freethinker65]

27. I do not like the thought of open carry. I am fine with it in rural areas in hunting season, but

But I would get a bit nervous seeing gun toting civilians around town here in Chicagoland. I understand that is just my opinion, but if the second amendment is interpreted that everyone has the right to have a gun with them any time and anywhere, I do not see why that needs to be open carry?

[EffieBlack]

34. Black people should start open carrying* - that will shut that shit down pretty quick

* But only when accompanied by white, open carrying bodyguards.