Ninth Circuit Rules We Have A Constitutional Right To Open Carry For Self-Defense

[jimnyc]

Wow! The liberal circuit of appeals finds that we have a constitutional right to open carry for self defense!

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Whoa: Ninth Circuit Rules We Have A Constitutional Right To Open Carry For Self-Defense

The Ninth Circuit is one of the most liberal courts, and the one that gave the Trump White House heartburn over its executive order on immigration. But even a blind squirrel finds a nut. This court recently ruled that we have a constitutional right to open carry in public for self-defense (via Reuters):

A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment protects a right to openly carry a gun in public for self-defense, rejecting a claim by Hawaii officials that the right only applies to guns kept at home.

The extent of the right to gun ownership protected by the Second Amendment is one of the most hotly contested debates in the United States, where life has been punctuated by a steady stream of mass shootings.

The ruling issued by a three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in San Francisco, came a year after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to rule either way on the carrying of guns in public.

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“We do not take lightly the problem of gun violence,” Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain wrote in Tuesday’s ruling. “But, for better or for worse, the Second Amendment does protect a right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense.”

Rest - https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattve...carry-n2503244

[Black Diamond]

The ninth?

Were they kidnapped?

[Elessar]

Wow!

About time!

I am not a 'gun' (loose description) nut!

But that reads well, and the SCOUS except for the demented
Ginsburg will likely agree.

[Black Diamond]

Wow!

About time!

I am not a 'gun' (loose description) nut!

But that reads well, and the SCOUS except for the demented
Ginsburg will likely agree.

You don't think it will be 5-4?

[aboutime]

That COLD day in hell. When the 9th Circus court does something right.

[Black Diamond]

That COLD day in hell. When the 9th Circus court does something right.

Air conditioning in Phoenix?

[SassyLady]

More good news from 9th

FAIRFAX, Va. -- A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit issued a ruling in the case of Duncan v. Becerra on Tuesday upholding a lower court’s decision to suspend enforcement of California’s restriction on the possession of magazines that hold 10 rounds or more. This is a significant win for law-abiding gun owners in California,” said Chris W. Cox, executive director, National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action. “This unconstitutional law criminalizes mere possession of many standard capacity magazines and would instantly turn many law-abiding gun owners into criminals.”
California Rifle and Pistol Association lawyers, with the support of the NRA, sought an injunction against the magazine possession ban, arguing the law violated the Second Amendment as well as Americans’ due process rights. A federal district court judge agreed and issued a preliminary injunction before the law was set to go into effect. California appealed the decision.
On Tuesday, the 9th Circuit upheld the injunction.
Meanwhile, in the trial court, a motion for summary judgment is pending and a ruling on the merits of the case is expected soon. Regardless of the outcome, the case will most certainly be appealed again to the 9th Circuit. By that time, the Supreme Court will likely have a new justice who respects the right to keep and bear arms as protected by the Second Amendment.
“Tuesday’s ruling was a step in the right direction. The National Rifle Association will continue to fight for the rights of Californians to protect themselves,” Cox concluded.

https://www.nraila.org/articles/2018...s-magazine-ban