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U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Mar. 27, 2015

Justices should review SF gun law

The U.S. Supreme Court should review a case challenging an ordinance requiring guns kept in the home be "stored in a locked container or disabled with a trigger lock" when not carried on the person.

Bradley A. Benbrook

Benbrook Law Group PC

Phone: (916) 447-4900

Email: brad@benbrooklawgroup.com

UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hall; Berkeley CA

Stephen M. Duvernay

Phone: (916) 447-4900

Email: steve@benbrooklawgroup.com

Notre Dame Law School; Notre Dame IN

After a five-year hiatus, the Second Amendment may be back on the U.S. Supreme Court's docket. The court will soon decide whether to grant certiorari in Jackson v. San Francisco, 746 F.3d 953 (9th Cir. 2014), a case challenging San Francisco's ordinance requiring handguns kept in the home be "stored in a locked container or disabled with a trigger lock" when not carried on the person. The Los Angeles City Council adopted an ordinance imposing similar requirements last November.

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