I won’t have an opinion until I hear the ethnic breakdown of the Court…/s
Boom
Oh, this one is going to SCOTUS…I just wonder if they are willing to hear it with a 4-4 Court right now.
Another reason why Hillary must win.
Hear this everyone, including Bernie or Busters— it matters who wins in November! HRC has courageously chosen not to be a 2d Amendment absolutist. For this alone she has earned our votes.
Que,Teflon Donald outrage ,3,2,1
Everyone I know that wants concealed carry falls into the same category, slightly off and ‘waiting’ for the opportunity to employ a gun against a(imaginary) threat. Living in fear.
Next time someone asks about the 2nd Amendment note if they believe it is absolute. If they say no then make the argument about restrictions not what the amendment written in 1788. We all believe in some restrictions. Debate that not the Amendment itself.
“300 million paranoid and trigger-happy Barney Fifes, being necessary to Wayne LaPierre’s multiple Grand Cayman accounts, the right of the people to pack concealed heat, shall not be infringed.”
This was an en banc decision, and it is highly unusual for SCOTUS to overrule such decisions, absent any egregious behavior by the 11 judges.
The gun nuts may try an appeal, but it’s doubtful that the justices would grant cert for such an appeal—partly because of the empty chair at the court, but mostly because there isn’t much appetite at SCOTUS for overturning such rulings.
Too risky because a 4-4 decision sustains the appellate court decision. They’re lost without the ghost of Scalia to properly interpret the original intent of the 2nd Amendment.
Wayne LaPierre meltdown in 3…2…1
We all know that the colonial army would never have been able to defeat the British without concealed musket and cannonball laws.
Shouldn’t we all withhold our opinion until our resident Gun Guru, Ranger88, weighs in and schools us? /s
Except at the GOP convention in Cleveland, n’est pas?
I thought he was our resident NAZI. So, he can multitask? Who knew?
SCOTUS – besides a little case involving stun guns – have avoided 2A issues for years now. But, I do think the proper rules for carrying guns in public places and licensing of the same needs to be decided eventually. They surely want to wait for a full court though. Even with a fifth justice picked by a Democrat, however, the Heller ruling should be retained:
The question will be along the edges.
Ha! So as of right now, the concealed carry permits in about 20 states and territories, including Idaho, Arizona, Nevada, and North and South Carolina are of questionable validity, and will remain so until another Supreme is approved.
Of course, they’ll likely be forbidden altogether once Garland or Hillary’s choice takes the seat, but this is a start.
I don’t think this case decided that. It said there is no Constitutional right to concealed carry. That does not mean that a state could not grant that right to its citizens.