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The ultra-liberal and frequently overturned U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit just ruled that the Second Amendment protects one’s right to carry a gun openly outside of the home.
“We do not take lightly the problem of gun violence,” the majority opinion in Young v. Hawaii reads. Here’s more, emphasis added.
For better or for worse, the Second Amendment does protect a right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense. We would thus flout the Constitution if we were to hold that, ‘in regulating the manner of bearing arms, the authority of [the State] has no other limit than its own discretion.’ Reid, 1 Ala. at 616. While many respectable scholars and activists might find virtue in a firearms-carry regime that restricts the right to a privileged few, ‘the enshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table.’
Citing Peruta v. County of San Diego, the court also stated that the Second Amendment does not protect the right of a citizen to carry a gun concealed — a tension that will eventually need to be resolved in another case. Charles Cooke, of National Review has more:
Unless the panel’s decision is reversed en banc, the two decisions will have to be reconciled. When that happens, it seems most likely either that (a) the court will strike down the open carry bans in Hawaii and California, or (b) the court will adopt the argument, presented by the plaintiffs in Peruta, that a state can choose to ban either open or concealed carry, but could not prohibit both. Watch this space.
The fact that an ultra-liberal court affirmed Americans’ right to openly carry a handgun is a huge win for all Americans, even if the court is dropping breadcrumbs they hope the U.S. Supreme Court picks up to ultimately restrict gun rights nationwide.
Liberal Ninth Circuit Says Open-Carrying A Gun Is A Constitutional Right
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perhaps Trump threatened them
or they're preparing for a civil war against the right
why else would they suddenly become pro-gun?
Well, I guess they realized getting over ran by homeless people and starving to death was worse than following the constitution.
Yeah I know the guy was there. The difference is now there’s four witnesses.
Your image may SAY that it’s legal in all states without a permit, and the constitution may SAY that it’s legal in all states without a permit, but WILL IT ACTUALLY BE ENFORCED? We need proof of this.
I'm sure they're ready to manufacture another school shooting.
Hold off before you celebrate
Not trying to blackpill here – I'm excited about this, since I live in California – but there might be more to this than it seems.
In shithole states like mine, there's a kind of legal bind. They would ban concealed carry if they could, but ever since they banned open carry, that meant (according to a 2012 court decision) that they would have effectively banned gun ownership outside of the house. In other words, the only reason CA has CCW at all is because it doesn't have open carry. Bring back open carry, and it's possible the courts will allow the banning of concealed carry.
The key here is to mine for salt. If Democrats with law degrees seem okay with the court's ruling, we're fucked and it's one of Shlomo's tricks. If the likes of (((Dianne Feinstein))) seem genuinely pissed, then it's possible I'm just paranoid.
Never trust the kikes. Never relax around the people who run my state. They would ban kitchen knives if they could, just so the government would have to cut up your tofu for you.
Interesting take user. Definitively something to monitor..
>If the likes of (((Dianne Feinstein))) seem genuinely pissed, then it's possible I'm just paranoid.
biggest indicator here.
Non-American here, is this big? It seems big.