SCOTUS Refuses to Hear Jackson v City and County of San Francisco

By Tom Hudson

The Supreme Court of the United States has just issued their refusal to hear the case Jackson v. City and County of San Francisco. The case involves two important legal issues that are affecting the citizens of San Francisco city and county and their Second Amendment rights.

San Francisco has a law that requires all homeowners who possess guns to either have them on their person or locked in a safe or have a trigger disabling mechanism in place. The second issue is a law that has banned the sale of hollow point ammunition within the city and county limits.

Lower courts have ruled that technology has improved to the point where a firearm could, in the event of an emergency, be accessed quickly; therefore, the law requiring their use does not violate one’s Second Amendment rights.

The issue of hollow points is one in which lower courts have quoted police officer safety for the justification of their outlawed status. With SCOTUS’ refusal Monday to hear the case, they are in essence upholding both of these laws as constitutional and valid. The law only bans their sale and not possession.

This is another Second Amendment case that SCOTUS …read more

Source:: Gun News