Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jun. 24, 2016
Peruta: Not just correct on law, it upholds the best policy
9th Circuit gets it right by allowing counties to limit the public carrying of loaded guns.
On June 9, an en banc panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit of Appeals held that the Second Amendment does not protect a right to carry a concealed firearm in public. In Peruta v. County of San Diego, 2016 DJDAR 5523, the 9th Circuit aligned with every other federal court of appeals to hear a Second Amendment challenge to discretionary concealed carry permitting systems. Not only was the opinion correct as a matter of law, it also preserved an important policy that keeps Californians safe...
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