Concealed-weapons ruling an assault on public safety

[struggle4progress]

Updated 5:39 pm, Thursday, February 13, 2014

California's long-standing effort to reduce gun violence by largely outlawing the packing of guns in public places has come under serious challenge. A divided panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that its restrictions on the carrying of concealed weapons violated the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

The good news is that this 2-1 ruling is not the final word. It will be put on hold while the full appeals court decides whether to review it.

Also, it must be emphasized that this decision is an outlier among circuit-court reviews of concealed-weapons laws in New York, New Jersey and Maryland.

"There's no precedent to this court's decision that there's a right to carry a concealed weapon, especially without any need or cause," said Jonathan Lowy of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence ...

http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/editorials/article/Concealed-weapons-ruling-an-assault-on-public-5233484.php

[PoliticAverse]

1. Poor article written by someone who either didn't read or didn't understand the court's decision. nt

[quadrature]

2. LA county sheriff is going to be upset

my understanding is,
in most Cal counties,
the sheriff only allows his friends
and big$$$ contributors to have a CC permit.

those people are going to be pissed.

[Montana redneck]

3. Loss of income for Cali sheriff's

The way I understand the ruling :
People have the right of self-defense
Without a shall issue or open carry rules in place California's are denied their 2nd amendment rights

[Hestia]

4. But isn't there precedent for over 100 years when the first no-carry laws

were first enacted - all due to gun violence?

[Doctor_J]

5. .

Maybe a large majority of Californians would like to exercise their right to not have every square foot of their state infested with guns.

[Doctor_J]

7. Uh, OK. and maybe the south and your state should seceed (sic), since they

don't want to implement the ACA and as ward states are sucking the rest of us dry.

I'm sure your act plays better at freeperville.