Convention indicates Democrats appear ready to step up push for gun-law reform

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3. Things are looking up.

Ultimately this will go to the U.S. Supreme Court, but not until a new justice is seated... which will be the choice of a Democratic President.

Appeals Court Upholds ‘Concealed Carry’ Restrictions

Americans have no Second Amendment right to carry concealed guns in public, a federal appeals court in California ruled on Thursday in a significant blow to gun-rights activists and gun owners in a large swath of the Western U.S.

The San Francisco-based Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 7-4 ruling, upheld a California law requiring residents to show “good cause” for carrying a concealed handgun.

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“We hold that the Second Amendment does not preserve or protect a right of a member of the general public to carry concealed firearms in public,” wrote Judge William A. Fletcher, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, for the seven-judge majority.

Lawmakers are free to enact “any prohibition or restriction a state may choose” on the carrying of concealed guns, Judge Fletcher said.


A Second Amendment right to carry a firearm openly in public may exist, but the Supreme Court hasn't answered that question, Judge Fletcher wrote.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/appeals-court-upholds-concealed-carry-restrictions-1465483920