Concealed-weapons ruling an assault on public safety

[rdharma]

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

[flamin lib]

1. So much for State's Rights. nt

[rdharma]

2. The giddiness displayed by the gun huggers .......

.... seems to have been premature.

[billh58]

3. The gun nut/hugger

wet dream is for more people to be armed in public so that they can "stand their ground" and be rugged vigilantes like Zimmerman and Dunn.

[jimmy the one]

4. seven come eleven

A divided panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that its restrictions on the carrying of concealed weapons violated the Second Amendment.... The good news is that this 2-1 ruling is not the final word.

It's like roulette or shooting crap; gunnuts throw the dice every year & inevitably they'll roll a 7 or hit the mark, & then they latch onto the result & bring in their army of lawyer pigs & master manipulators, & all the legal manipulations they can bring to bear.
.. prime example here, sooner or later 2 of 3 judges will rule pro gun, even tho it had been shot down the previous 10 years or whatever it was. Ninth circuit too, most liberal of all perhaps.

[ileus]

5. Legally concealed firearms are all about safety in public.

Choose the right PSD, know how to use it, carry in a good holster.

I consider my life and those of my family all all the need or cause necessary.

[billh58]

6. Slumming, are we?

Just a tad outside the SOP aren't you gunner?