Is Open Carry the Real Battleground for Bearing Arms?
Charles Nichols – President of California Right To Carry – writes:
On June 16, 2015 before an en banc panel of eleven judges of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Circuit Judge Carlos Bea asked the California Solicitor General a yes or no question. Does the core right of the Second Amendment extend beyond the home? After hemming and hawing for a moment the Solicitor General conceded that it is difficult to read the Heller decision and come to the conclusion that the Second Amendment does not apply outside the home . . .
The Solicitor General added that it is crucial in this case (Peruta v. San Diego/Richards v. Prieto) to read the Heller decision to mean that there is no right to carry weapons concealed in public.
“[A] right to carry arms openly: “This is the right guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States, and which is calculated to incite men to a manly and noble defence of themselves, if necessary, and of their country, without any tendency to secret advantages and unmanly assassinations.”” District of Columbia v. Heller, 128 S. Ct. 2783 (2008) at 2809
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Source:: Truth About Guns
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