06-17-2016, 11:52 AM
(06-16-2016, 06:04 PM)blueberryhill Wrote: Wasn't it your State, Hair, which stated that the 2nd amendment does not guarantee your right to carry concealed weapon? Kudos to that State.....
First, I think the 2nd amendment needs to be clarified so that people can be clear on what it says and doesn't say......does anyone think laws should be updated to keep up with the times? I dunno know, just think that when we refer to laws made 200 years or more ago, we might see a need to keep up with the times....When 2nd amendment was signed, we were using muskets as our weapon against our invaders and not firearms who kill maximum people in minimum time...
Yes, blueberry. The 7 - 4 decision by the California Appeals Courts last week in San Francisco ruled to uphold the state law requiring civilians to provide a compelling reason or "cause" to carry a firearm in public (in order to be eligible for a concealed carry permit).
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"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 court declined to say whether the Constitution protects openly carrying a gun in public. It said that question was not at issue in the case.
Gun owners in two California counties challenged the requirement that they show "good cause," as defined by county sheriffs, before they could get concealed carry permits.
Thursday's majority opinion traced the rights of gun owners from medieval England to the founding of the United States and through the Civil War, finding that local laws almost universally prohibited carrying concealed firearms in public.
Source: NBC News
Other: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me...story.html