Appeals Court
Upholds California's Strict Concealed-Carry Gun Rules
Thursday, 09 Jun 2016 02:02 PM
A ruling with the potential to vastly expand the number
of California residents permitted to carry concealed weapons in public was
overturned by a federal appeals court.
The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Thursday
set aside a three-judge panel’s 2014 ruling that San Diego County’s process for
determining who qualifies for a permit to carry a concealed weapon violates the
constitutional right to bear arms. The decision is a loss for gun rights
advocates including the National Rifle Association who have attacked some of
the nation’s strictest public-carry laws.
An 11-judge panel took up the case after California
Attorney General Kamala Harris asked for reconsideration of the earlier
panel’s ruling that any responsible, law-abiding citizen is entitled under the
U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment to carry a hidden, loaded gun in public
for self-defense. The earlier panel found that San Diego County’s sheriff
overstepped his authority when he concluded an applicant for a concealed weapon
permit didn’t demonstrate “good cause” to carry a Colt 1911 .45 caliber pistol
in public.
State regulations on the carrying of firearms in public have become a new battleground over gun rights following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2008 that struck down a District of Columbia law banning handguns in the home.
‘Overwhelming Consensus’
“Based on the overwhelming consensus of historical
sources, we conclude that the protection of the Second Amendment -- whatever
the scope of that protection may be -- simply does not extend to the carrying
of concealed firearms in public by members of the general public,” the majority
wrote in Thursday’s 7-4 ruling.
Harris, a Democrat who is the front-runner for a U.S.
Senate seat, was backed in court by several gun control groups,
including Everytown
for Gun Safety, whose advisory board includes former New York City
Mayor Michael
Bloomberg. Bloomberg is the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg
LP, parent of Bloomberg News.
Thursday’s ruling is in line with those by appeals courts
in New York, Philadelphia and Richmond, Virginia, that have upheld discretionary
permitting.
The case is Peruta v. Gore, 10-56971, U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (San Francisco).
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (San
Francisco)
Alex Kozinski is
the chief judge for the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and was an attorney at Covington & Burling LLP.
Note: Eric H. Holder Jr.
is a partner at Covington & Burling
LLP, was a board member for the American
Constitution Society, an intern at the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and an attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society, the Center for American Progress, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a friend of Michael Douglas, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the Center for American Progress, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank).
Raben Group is
the lobby firm for the NAACP Legal
Defense & Educational Fund, and Mayors
Against Illegal Guns.
Robert Raben was
a director at the American Constitution
Society, the assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice, and is the president of the Raben Group.
Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Melody C. Barnes
was a principal at the Raben Group,
an EVP for the Center for American
Progress, is Barack Obama’s golf
partner, and is a senior adviser at the Albright
Stonebridge Group.
Center
for American Progress calls
for heightened “Gun safety, Gun Control”
for guns.
Mario M. Cuomo was
a board of adviser’s member for the American
Constitution Society, and Maria
Cuomo Cole’s father.
Maria Cuomo Cole
is Mario M. Cuomo’s daughter, and a
trustee at the Brady Center to Prevent
Gun Violence.
Brady
Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun
safety, Gun Control” group for guns,
and named for James Scott Brady.
Brady
Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence was named for James
Scott Brady, and is a “Gun safety,
Gun Control” group for guns.
Michael D. Barnes
was the president of the Brady Campaign
to Prevent Gun Violence, a senior of counsel for the Covington & Burling LLP, and is a director at the Center for National Policy.
Alex Kozinski
was an attorney at Covington &
Burling LLP, and is the chief judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Madeleine K.
Albright was the president of the Center
for National Policy, is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, a
director at the Center for American
Progress, and a co-chairman for the Albright
Stonebridge Group.
Kamala D. Harris is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and the California state government attorney general.
Kamala D. Harris is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and the California state government attorney general.
Gabrielle
Giffords is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and a
co-founder for the Americans for
Responsible Solutions.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun
safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Covington
& Burling LLP was the lobby firm for the Americans for Responsible Solutions.
Alex Kozinski
was an attorney at Covington &
Burling LLP, and is the chief judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a contributor for the Americans
for Responsible Solutions, is a co-chair for the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the founder of the Independence USA PAC, and the founder
of Everytown for Gun Safety.
Independence
USA PAC is a “Gun safety, Gun Control”
PAC for guns.
Mayors
Against Illegal Guns is a “Gun
safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Everytown
for Gun Safety is a
“Gun safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Warren E. Buffett
is an advisory board member for Everytown
for Gun Safety, and an adviser for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Michael Douglas
is a director at the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), and a friend of George Soros.
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank),
was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think
tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the
United States in war)
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
William J. Perry
is a director at the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, an advisory
board member for the Truman National
Security Project.
Kamala D. Harris
is an advisory board member for the Center
for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and the California state government attorney general.
Gabrielle
Giffords is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and a
co-founder for the Americans for
Responsible Solutions.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun
safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Covington
& Burling LLP was the lobby firm for the Americans for Responsible Solutions.
Alex Kozinski
was an attorney at Covington &
Burling LLP, and is the chief judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Anthony M. Kennedy
was a justice for the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and is a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.
John G. Roberts
Jr. is the chief justice for the U.S.
Supreme Court, and the chancellor for the Smithsonian Institution.
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
is a regent at the Smithsonian
Institution, the vice president for the Barack Obama administration, and R. Hunter Biden’s father.
R. Hunter Biden
is Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son, a
director at the Center for National
Policy, and a director at the Truman
National Security Project.
Kamala D. Harris
is an advisory board member for the Center
for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and the California state government attorney general.
Gabrielle
Giffords is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and a
co-founder for the Americans for
Responsible Solutions.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun
safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Covington
& Burling LLP was the lobby firm for the Americans for Responsible Solutions.
Alex Kozinski
was an attorney at Covington &
Burling LLP, and is the chief judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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