https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...d-carry-could-be-headed-for-the-supreme-court
Selected quotes:
"On July 25, a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down Washington’s tough local restriction on who can obtain a permit to carry a concealed handgun in public. The ruling conflicted with those of four other intermediate courts of appeal that in recent years have upheld regulations limiting what’s known as “concealed carry.” Resolving such conflicts among the lower courts is one of the Supreme Court’s main responsibilities, and the D.C. case would provide a suitable vehicle for addressing the degree to which the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to carry a gun outside the home."
"Writing for the majority, Judge Thomas Griffith, a George W. Bush appointee, reasoned that, while Heller focused primarily on the right to keep a gun at home, the precedent’s logic extended with equal force to the right to bear arms in public. “Possession and carrying—keeping and bearing—are on equal footing,” he wrote. As a practical matter, he continued, the “good reason” requirement amounted to “a total ban on most D.C. residents’ right to carry a gun in the face of ordinary self-defense needs.” A total ban on the exercise of a constitutional right cannot stand, Griffith added. “That’s enough to sink this law under Heller.” "
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Selected quotes:
"On July 25, a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down Washington’s tough local restriction on who can obtain a permit to carry a concealed handgun in public. The ruling conflicted with those of four other intermediate courts of appeal that in recent years have upheld regulations limiting what’s known as “concealed carry.” Resolving such conflicts among the lower courts is one of the Supreme Court’s main responsibilities, and the D.C. case would provide a suitable vehicle for addressing the degree to which the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to carry a gun outside the home."
"Writing for the majority, Judge Thomas Griffith, a George W. Bush appointee, reasoned that, while Heller focused primarily on the right to keep a gun at home, the precedent’s logic extended with equal force to the right to bear arms in public. “Possession and carrying—keeping and bearing—are on equal footing,” he wrote. As a practical matter, he continued, the “good reason” requirement amounted to “a total ban on most D.C. residents’ right to carry a gun in the face of ordinary self-defense needs.” A total ban on the exercise of a constitutional right cannot stand, Griffith added. “That’s enough to sink this law under Heller.” "
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