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Court Rules There Is No Right To Carry A Concealed Weapon
TBI ^ | 2-25-2013 | Larry Bodine

Posted on 02/25/2013 6:19:50 AM PST by blam

Court Rules There Is No Right To Carry A Concealed Weapon

Larry Bodine, Lawyers.com
February 25, 2013, 6:42 AM

In a sweeping ruling, the Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that there is no Second Amendment right to carry a concealed firearm in public. The broad wording of the decision in Peterson v. Martinez creates a far-reaching national precedent against carrying a loaded handgun outside the home.

The case began on a narrow point – a challenge by a Washington State man against Colorado’s law to issue CHL permits (“Concealed Handgun License”) only to state residents. But the final ruling held, “In light of our nation’s extensive practice of restricting citizens’ freedom to carry firearms in a concealed manner, we hold that this activity does not fall within the scope of the Second Amendment’s protections.”

The federal court also rejected arguments that Colorado’s CHL law infringed on the the Equal Protection Clause and the Privileges and Immunities Clause.

To bullet-proof the ruling against an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Tenth Circuit recounted numerous court rulings and state laws dating back to 1813, and based its ruling on prior U.S. Supreme Court cases.

The View from the Ground

Colorado law allows people to have a firearm in their homes, places of business and cars. But to carry a concealed weapon in public, a state resident must apply to a local sheriff to get a permit. Peterson claimed that the law left him “completely disarmed.”

Sheriffs use locally-maintained databases to check for misdemeanor and municipal court convictions involving drugs, alcohol or violence that will disqualify a citizen. The local databases also include mental health contacts, 911 calls that do not result in an arrest, a history of aggressive driving, juvenile arrest records, plea agreements that result

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To: blam

How the heck do you bullet-proof a precident? Either it’s a precident or it’s not...


81 posted on 02/25/2013 12:54:31 PM PST by Ladysmith (Every time another lib loses its job, an angel gets its wings.)
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To: blam
Does that mean if CCW is banned, then open-carry will be okay since we have the right to bear arms?

Of course there will be exclusions as with Obamacare: union members, muslims, etc. /s

82 posted on 02/25/2013 12:54:32 PM PST by QT3.14 ( USA: Likely only country in world history to adopt policies and laws that ensure self-destruction)
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To: unixfox

Whoever shows up at my house had better be very committed to his job....


83 posted on 02/25/2013 1:15:27 PM PST by clintonh8r (Happy to be represented by Lt. Col. Allen West)
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To: blam

Court rules wrong.


84 posted on 02/25/2013 1:45:02 PM PST by Old Yeller
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To: stylin19a
This probably will go to SCOTUS as the 10th and the 7th are in conflict.

I don't think so. In the Illinois case the were dealing with concealed carry permits for state residents. In the 10th Circuit case, Colorado issues permits for residents but refused to issue a permit for a non-resident.

85 posted on 02/25/2013 1:56:44 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: SampleMan
There is a right to bare arms.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but the correct word is bear. However, if the libtards get what they want, then the correct word would become BARE, as in, We the People would have bare arms and not be able to defend ourselves.

86 posted on 02/25/2013 2:39:02 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier who has survived 24 months of Combat deployment.)
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To: DoodleDawg

whoa..that’s different. thanks for setting me straight.


87 posted on 02/25/2013 4:06:03 PM PST by stylin19a
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To: blam

Various wordings of the Second Amendment were tried during its development. The end result *purposefully* leaves out any enumeration of reasons why an individual has the right to keep and bear Arms. Any reason *why* an individual may or may not keep and bear Arms, was left to the states and the people thereof, to settle among themselves.

The only enumeration in the Second Amendment focuses on what to do about a group of men under Arms - what is to happen when individuals who bear military grade Arms are in a group, and they *are* capable of exercising martial power. What *then,* was to become of that power?

The answer was, that both the states and the federal government would rely upon *the group* being formally mustered, well-regulated, well trained to Arms, well discplined, and answerable to civilian authority.

Both the states and the federal government sought unity of function and preparedness of the militia of each state. The state militiae should be “well trained to Arms” and be capable of, and mindful of, lawfully exercising martial power and respecting lawful civilian authority.

All the uses of weapons, firearm or not, for non-military purposes, were left to be decided by the states and their people.

Again, there would be no condition within the Second Amendment, by which you do, or do not, have the right to keep and bear Arms; because, the Founding Fathers correctly anticipated that any such enumerated condition might be used as grounds for an individual to either be forced to bear Arms or be stripped of their Arms.

There is a natural right to keep and bear Arms, and the Second Amendment affirms that right.

*Use* of Arms, military, is left to the states and the people of their respective states, to regulate.

*Use* of Arms, civil - for personal defense and hunting - were left to the common law of each state.

We equally, as individuals do have a natural right to keep and bear Arms, for military purposes and for civil purposes.

Yet, the *use* of such Arms, was left to be determined by the states and the respective people of each of such states.


88 posted on 02/25/2013 4:10:35 PM PST by First_Salute (May God save our democratic-republican government, from a government by judiciary.)
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To: yldstrk

and they now have a conflict with the 7th Circuit, so SCOTUS is going to have to pick one to decide.


89 posted on 02/25/2013 4:19:12 PM PST by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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To: blam

I am very interested in the Constitutional issue of no permits for non-residents. I am personally seriously impacted by this policy of the State of New York, since I am responsible for an elderly relative and property there.

The states of New Jersey and Maryland, although they have a law ALLOWING non-resident issue in practice never do so, and as a frequent NH-NOVA traveler these policies adversely affect me as well.

Worst of all is the DC non-issue policy for non-residents, since this policy is directly under the control of Congress which can “legislate...in all cases whatsoever” for this District.

I would think that the full faith and credit clause would operate here (unless Congress has passed rules ALLOWING States to disregard other States’ CCW, I don’t believe this is true), but the inability to exercise a fundamental right on the public highway or while traveling does seem to implicate liberties other than RKBA.

Has this specific (non-resident non-issue) matter ever been presented to the Court?


90 posted on 02/25/2013 4:19:12 PM PST by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: SampleMan; Progov
Our Constitutionally-protected right is to "bear" arms.

The Constitution says nothing about exposing our upper extremities.

Perhaps "bare" looks cute or humorous to you -- but to most folks it just looks ignorant -- and reflects badly on the rest of us who are fighting for our right to "bear" arms -- which is the specific Constitutional point this da*ned activist court just assaulted.

91 posted on 02/25/2013 5:19:54 PM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias... "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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To: aragorn

lol


92 posted on 02/25/2013 5:22:29 PM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: blam

“... Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that there is no Second Amendment right to carry a concealed firearm in public.”

WTF! The Constitution guarantees individual rights; it doesn’t grant them or deny them! The second amendment embodies specific unalienable individual rights as well as any of the other 1st 10 amendments called the Bill of Rights. These several unalienable rights are absolute but are only a few of the numerous and undefined rights we hold naturally that the General Government can’t infringe upon or take away by any positive law or act of Congress, courts or the President. The only purpose of the Constitution is to authorize a General Government having limited and defined power! Specific rights embodied within the Constitution are there to emphasize... HANDS OFF YOU MORONS! And the 9th and 10th amendments then go on to remind the general government...

9th “...The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

10th “... The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

These idiots on the court are clueless and should be IMPEACHED!

Congress or the courts can’t restrict or put any conditions on any constitutionally protected right... PERIOD! An enumerated protected right within the Constitution is not positive law, it is natural law which is beyond the meddling by Congress or the courts! It is up to each State and its peoples what practical limitations would/could be imposed on those rights that would not violate the free exercise of those rights!

Does the Constitution grant or restrict the right specifically to whether the weapon can be loaded, and its color only pink, purple or blue? Of course not!

The ruling by the court most definitely RESTRICTS or INFRINGES on free exercise of our right to keep and bear arms in the way or manner best suited for our own personal or defensive needs! And Congress also cant define what those needs are!


93 posted on 02/25/2013 5:31:27 PM PST by Bellagio
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To: TXnMA
Interesting. I've deeply considered your comment and have almost no interest in it whatsoever.

Bear is to carry, bare is to make visible.

The deeper point you missed, was that if you are bearing a weapon, but cannot conceal it, you must be able to then bare it. A serious and humorous point.

Churchill, John Adams, and many others were able to find levity, while simultaneously fighting for their existence. I won't be lectured about my ability to do so.

94 posted on 02/25/2013 5:54:48 PM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: TXnMA
Interesting. I've deeply considered your comment and have almost no interest in it whatsoever.

Bear is to carry, bare is to make visible.

The deeper point you missed, was that if you are bearing a weapon, but cannot conceal it, you must be able to then bare it. A serious and humorous point.

Churchill, John Adams, and many others were able to find levity, while simultaneously fighting for their existence. I won't be lectured about my ability to do so.

95 posted on 02/25/2013 5:56:29 PM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: 21twelve

I am very familiar with WA state. I lived in Bremerton for 15 years. My wife is from Seattle. We left there in 2006 and came back to my home in Alabama. Here we shall stay and there we will never go back even to visit.


96 posted on 02/25/2013 6:05:17 PM PST by RetiredArmy (1 Cor 15: 50-54 & 1 Thess 4: 13-17. That about covers it.)
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97 posted on 02/25/2013 6:24:05 PM PST by RedMDer (Support Free Republic)
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To: Myrddin

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98 posted on 02/25/2013 9:15:24 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Oh, What's the Point)
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To: TalonDJ
He apparently believes a CC permit means you are REQUIRED to keep it hidden.

In some states it DOES. In those places you can be in big trouble if someone catches a glimpse. Florida use to be that way but they recently amended the law.

I'm not an expert on this, and I will defer to your apparent knowledge on the intricacies of the law, but quite honestly both the first & second statement make no sense at all. I wonder if this is NOT a correct interpretation of CCW.

Otherwise CCW is really nothing more than thinly disguised gun control law against carrying any concealed handgun. Because the moment you would pull out your concealed handgun, even at a gun range, you would be guilty of breaking the "concealed aspect of the law". And woe be onto the poor sucker who ever drew his concealed weapon in public to defend himself. You're guilty the moment you pulled out your handgun, especially if the perpetrators broke & ran away. Now you're left holding a handgun that 1 or more bystanders have seen.

I am not an expert on the intricacies, but to me this interpretation of CCW would be very hard to enforce or uphold even by liberal courts.

99 posted on 02/25/2013 10:18:46 PM PST by rcrngroup
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To: Mr. K
He apparently believes a CC permit means you are REQUIRED to keep it hidden.

In some states, that's EXACTLY what it means! It's against the law to have it revealed in any way!

100 posted on 02/26/2013 4:53:37 AM PST by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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