Posted on 11/23/2009 7:30:49 AM PST by SmithL
It may come as a surprise to many of his Democratic supporters, but Attorney General and gubernatorial hopeful Jerry Brown has gone to bat for the National Rifle Association.
The NRA's cause: urging the U.S. Supreme Court to guarantee the ability of gun owners across the land to keep and bear arms.
Last year, the high court struck down a ban on handguns in Washington, D.C., ruling for the first time that the Second Amendment's right to bear arms applies to individuals who keep a gun at home for self-defense. But the court made it clear the ruling applied only to the District of Columbia, a federal enclave.
Now, gun advocates are challenging Chicago's handgun ban, asking the Supreme Court to rule that the Second Amendment equally applies to the states. And there was no shortage of states - 34 in all - jumping on the bandwagon in support of the court hearing the case.
In July, before the court agreed to take the case, Brown went so far as to file his own friend-of-the-court brief asking that Chicago's gun ban be overturned - arguing that if the court doesn't act, "California citizens could be deprived of the constitutional right to possess handguns in their homes."
His stance has angered a number of gun control proponents.
Julie Leftwich, legal director of Legal Community Against Violence, said this isn't simply about Brown defending the Second Amendment - it also marks a dramatic turnabout from the administration of his Democratic predecessor, Bill Lockyer, a staunch gun control advocate.
"Jerry Brown hasn't shown leadership in the legislative arena related to the issue of gun violence prevention ... and he hasn't sponsored or weighed in on any significant gun bills," Leftwich told The Chronicle's Carla Marinucci.
Brown's pro-gun stand has also left some San Francisco officials...
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Some liberals will with time and education, learn the truth and become conservatives.
Moving temporarily to the right before the election. Very transparent.
There is none more conservative that then a liberal who has been mugged at least once...
Flying pig alert?
The moment the election is certified, all interest in advancing Californians gun rights will be forgotten.
I doubt a leopard can change his spots, especially with an ego like Brown's.
Moonbeam gets the Second Amendment? This smells fishy.
Exactly. He's desperate.
Actually, Brown’s “temporary move the the right” started while he was still mayor of Oakland. And while I don’t expect him to join the “ATF should be a convenience store, not a government agency” bandwagon anytime soon, he has been much friendlier to CA gun owners than Bill Lockyer.
In the lower ranks are actually brain dead and insane individuals that really think crime is lower when honest citizens are disarmed, regardless of the facts.
It appears being the Mayor of Oakland woke him up.
Moonbeam appointed Rose Bird to the CA Supreme Court...
About sums it up.
Jerry is running for Gov again in what has always been a very pro-gun state. This means very little, actually.
Untrustworthy to the nth degree
I don't trust him any further than I could throw Linda Rhonstat with the little Zen moonbeam stuck to her lap
Typical leftist tactic. Move to the right to get elected, fool a bunch of republicans, and then move back farther to the left then ever before.
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