Thursday, February 13, 2014

"Ninth Circuit holds Second Amendment secures a right to carry a gun"

"So holds today’s Peruta v. County of San Diego (9th Cir. Feb. 13, 2014) (2-1 vote). The court concludes that California’s broad limits on both open and concealed carry of loaded guns — with no “shall-issue” licensing regime that assures law-abiding adults of a right to get licenses, but only a “good cause” regime under which no license need be given — “impermissibly infringe[] on the Second Amendment right to bear arms in lawful self-defense.” The Ninth Circuit thus joins the Seventh Circuit, and disagrees with the Second, Third, and Fourth Circuits. (State courts are also split on the subject.)"

Washington Post - VC 

7 comments:

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

One little candle light of good news in an otherwise terrible news day.

Revenant said...

There has been quite a bit of good news here in San Diego lately.

The union-backed Democrat (and protege of Bob "the Molester" Filner) lost the mayoral race. A libertarian-leaning Republican (Carl DeMaio) is running for Congress in my district. And now this! A major gun-rights victory in my own backyard.

edutcher said...

A rare moment of sanity in the Leftyverse.

JAL said...

The Ninth Circuit!?

Wow.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

The Ninth Circuit is a bit schizophrenic and it is very big, so it gets a bad wrap. While its reversal rate is higher than other circuits, it is also much bigger than other circuits. Republicans appointed a lot of conservative judges to that District, so I am not shocked (just pleasantly surprised that they came up with the right outcome).

bagoh20 said...

What's next, cats and dogs playing poker?

Michael Haz said...

Wow. Between the CA ruling and the overturning of Chicago's ban on gun ownership, the shortage of ammo is going to get even worse.