9th Circuit Court Rules For The Right Of The People To Open Carry Guns

By John Crump

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- In a somewhat shocking turn of events, the usually far left Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals based out of San Franciso, CA ruled that the Second Amendment protects the right of the individual to carry a firearm openly in public for self-defense.

This decision is a sharp departure from their 2016 ruling in Peruta v. County of San Diego where the Ninth Circuit Court ruled that the Second Amendment does not guarantee a right to carry a concealed firearm. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case.

In the current case, George Young sued the state of Hawaii in 2012 after the state denied him a permit to carry a gun in public. Hawaii officials argued that the Second Amendment only guarantees the right to bear arms in ones home. They claimed that there is no inherent right to carry firearms outside one’s house.

The three-judge panel was split on the decision but ruled in Young’s favor by a two-to-three margin. The court said that Hawaii did indeed infringe on Young’s Constitutional rights under the Second Amendment.

“Once identified as an individual right focused on self-defense, the …Read the Rest

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