New Case Challenges California’s Near-Complete Ban On Carrying Guns For Self-Defense

By Bob Owens

The infamously liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (AKA, the “Ninth Circus”) painted themselves into a constitutional corner recently when the full court overturned a three-judge panel and rendered the decision that denying a concealed-carry license does not violate Second Amendment rights.

As open carry is already illegal in California, the decision amounted to a statewide ban on carrying a weapon of any kind if you live in “may issue” counties where the chief law enforcement officer is opposed to issuing concealed carry permits.

A new case has been brought that argues that a ban on both concealed and open carry is blatantly unconstitutional, and that something has to give.

Gun-rights advocates filed a sweeping new legal challenge Wednesday to California’s open-carry restrictions — arguing a recent court decision effectively denies residents “their fundamental rights to bear arms” and contradicts a landmark Supreme Court ruling on the Second Amendment.

Plaintiffs say the case, Flanagan v. Harris, is a “direct response” to a recent ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that preserved a California county sheriff’s restrictive policies on carrying a concealed weapon.

Considering the state’s additional restrictions on carrying a gun openly in public, plaintiffs argued in their new lawsuit that …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms