9th Circuit - "Good Cause" (suitability/may-issue) Unconstitutional

Status
Not open for further replies.
Joined
Jan 19, 2009
Messages
29,885
Likes
4,693
Location
Clowns->Here<-Jokers
Feedback: 3 / 0 / 0
Batting 1000 today on the 9th...

In a ruling Thursday afternoon, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an earlier court ruling that self-defense was not a good enough reason for granting a CCW in California, stating that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to carry a gun in public.

This is seen as a strike at the practice of ‘may-issue’ in California, which is where a citizen has to prove why he or she needs a permit and if they do so effectively, the local authorities ‘may issue’ one.

http://www.guns.com/2014/02/13/breaking-may-issue-california-attack-federal-court/
 
Dies this mean there will be a few chiefs of police in Massachusetts getting a little nervouse:

"This is seen as a strike at the practice of ‘may-issue’ in California, which is where a citizen has to prove why he or she needs a permit and if they do so effectively, the local authorities ‘may issue’ one"
 
Not yet. It's a 9th Circuit case and does not apply to MA, which is in the 1st Cicuit. It does bolster arguments now before the 1st, and increases the chance that SCOTUS will take up one of the cases before it because there is now a clear cut split between the Circuits. Check one of the other threads on this for more information.

Dies this mean there will be a few chiefs of police in Massachusetts getting a little nervouse:

"This is seen as a strike at the practice of ‘may-issue’ in California, which is where a citizen has to prove why he or she needs a permit and if they do so effectively, the local authorities ‘may issue’ one"
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top Bottom