Concealed Carry of handguns imminent? (CA)

[Hazcat]

Charles Nichols
* LA Anti-Establishment Examiner


Very likely by Thanksgiving.

 Last May I reported on the Peruta v San Diego case where Chief Federal Judge Irma Gonzalez denied a motion by the Sheriff to dismiss the case. The following is an excerpt from the article:

In denying the motion to dismiss, the Court found on the question:
1) The Right to Bear Arms - "The Supreme Court's decision in Heller made it clear - for the first time - that the Second Amendment guarantees "the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation." "The US Supreme Court did not hold that all concealed weapon bans are presumptively constitutional because in those states which had enacted a ban on concealed carry the people had a right to openly carry loaded handguns and "...unlike California there is a ready alternative available to the affected individuals - the right to carry weapons openly if they cannot obtain a concealed weapon's permit."

"Unlike California" - When the California Legislature banned openly carried firearms from being loaded in 1967, it is certain that they did not foresee that nearly forty three years later that ban would result in the mandatory issuance of licenses to carry a concealed weapon (CCW). California has required a license to carry a concealed weapon since 1923. The California Legislature passed the law to keep Chinese and Latinos from carrying weapons concealed. In and of itself that should have been enough to overturn the law decades ago. But it was not until the mid 1980's that the tide began to turn against the prohibitions against carrying a weapon.

--SNIP--

http://www.examiner.com/la-in-los-angeles/concealed-carry-of-handguns-imminent

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