Posted on 11/04/2019 10:04:34 AM PST by Perseverando
The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to review a case against Maryland's requirement that applicants for concealed-carry permits provide "good and substantial reasons" to fulfill their request.
Gun-rights groups that have filed a brief in the case, contending the law is unconstitutional, say it could have widespread impact.
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The court, said Second Amendment Foundation founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb, "could define the parameters of bearing arms outside the home, and that will impact restrictive laws in several states where carry permits or licenses are strictly regulated, which translates to nearly impossible to get."
SAF was joined by the Firearms Policy Coalition Inc., Firearms Policy Foundation, California Gun Rights Foundation and the Madison Society Foundation in filing the brief through Sacramento attorney Joseph G.S. Greenlee.
The 27-page asks the court to decide "to what extent the right to bear arms applies beyond the home," because the question "has deeply divided lower courts."
It notes that the D.C. and Seventh Circuits held that the right applies just as strongly outside the home as inside the home, while the First and Second Circuits determined that the right likely applies outside the home, but in a weaker form.
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Meanwhile, the Third and Fourth Circuits declined to decide whether the right exists outside the home, and the Ninth and Tenth Circuits held that the right to bear arms does not protect concealed carry.
"Clearly," Gottlieb said, "the lower courts need definitive guidance on this important constitutional issue. What other constitutionally enumerated fundamental right applies only within the confines of the home? It is time the high court takes up this issue to determine whether the Second Amendment vigorously protects a right, or allows states to treat
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I am a citizen. - Not a good reason.
I am a first cousin by marriage. - Good reason.
Hence the final words of the 2nd Amd...",shall not be infringed." Every single 'firearms' law is an infringement.
Of course Maryland’s gun laws are unconstitutional. That is the purpose of their laws.
The only question a gate guard should ask is whether your weapon is registered on post. If yes, then you are authorized to bring it on post without giving a reason.
Otherwise he is just being a jerk.
I would cite 535 good reasons why we need to maintain our Second Amendment.
Congress.
There are no doubt many more good reasons to remain armed, though.
I suggest the good citizens of Maryland follow the advice of Maxine Waters, and greet these lawmakers wherever they may be found, and kindly express their displeasure, letting their wounds take them, if Providence desired.
Because I want to.
Pretty good assessment...
“A good reason to carry”
How about a picture of the tyrannical deep state leaders......Pelosi, Schiff, Nadler, Schumer, Comey and Brennan. That should give anyone a good reason to arm themselves because they are after us, not Trump and will make damn sure we never go outside the box again.
No, if we go by precedent, he will rule it whatever the state and opposition DO NOT declare it to be.
In the instance of Obamacare, neither side had claimed fees were a tax. In fact, they had argued those fees were not a tax.
Bingo! They are in a footrace with Islamists.
The ultimate court ruling will be something very close to:
"The 1st does not extend beyond the confines of one's residence. The state may impose penalties for inappropriate public statements"
The Second Amendment
It can only go one way.
“As the Second Amendment goes, so goes the First Amendment, the Constitution and America.”
That’s a fact.
“The entire Constitution is under massive attack by the left.”
When Obungo was campaigning back in 2008 he said that the U.S. Constitution was “fundamentally flawed.” Dems all across the country wholeheartedly agree with him.
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