esqappellate
President, MSI
- Feb 12, 2012
- 7,408
The en banc court affirmed the district courts’ judgments
and held that there is no Second Amendment right for
members of the general public to carry concealed firearms in
public.
We do not reach the question whether the Second
Amendment protects some ability to carry firearms in public,
such as open carry. That question was left open by the
Supreme Court in Heller, and we have no need to answer it
here. Because Plaintiffs challenge only policies governing
concealed carry, we reach only the question whether the
Second Amendment protects, in any degree, the ability to
carry concealed firearms in public. 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 Second Amendment may or may not protect, to some
degree, a right of a member of the general public to carry
firearms in public. But the existence vel non of such a right,
and the scope of such a right, are separate from and
independent of the question presented here. We hold only
that there is no Second Amendment right for members of the
general public to carry concealed firearms in public.
Case: 10-56971, 06/09/2016, ID: 10007709, DktEntry: 333-1, Page 19 of 89
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I guess we will have G&S permits for voting, free speech and attending church as well right?
hopefully a CERT petition will be forthcoming but with a 4-4 split, doesn't seem worth the effort.
what do you think?.
This does not bode well for DC either...