And it comes from the most unlikely of places, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Just over the AP wires from San Francisco:<\/p>\n
A divided federal appeals court on Thursday struck down California’s concealed weapons rules, saying they violate the Second Amendment right to bear arms.<\/p>\n
By a 2-1 vote, the three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court<\/a> of Appeals said California was wrong to require applicants to show good cause to receive a permit to carry a concealed weapon.<\/a><\/p>\n
“The right to bear arms includes the right to carry an operable firearm outside the home for the lawful purpose of self-defense,” Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain wrote for the majority.<\/p>\n
Judge Sidney Thomas dissented, writing that the good cause requirement limited the number of people carrying concealed handguns in public to those legitimately in need.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This represents a massive shift in California, long home to some of the nation’s most restrictive gun control laws.<\/p>\n
The Ninth Circuit’s ruling conflicts with those from three other federal appellate courts, which means this issue could eventually make its way to the Supreme Court . For today, anyway, Second Amendment rights are stronger in the Golden State than they have been at any time in recent memory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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