A moment of sanity for America’s gun culture:
A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Thursday that the Second Amendment of the Constitution does not guarantee the right of gun owners to carry concealed weapons in public, upholding a California law that imposes stringent conditions on who may be granted a concealed-carry permit.
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With the timely departure of Antonin Scalia from the highest court, it looks like this ruling may stick. Let this serve as a reminder for how important it is for Democrats to retain the white house and mold the Supreme Court in our image.
“Based on the overwhelming consensus of historical sources, we conclude that the protection of the Second Amendment — whatever the scope of that protection may be — simply does not extend to the carrying of concealed firearms in public by members of the general public,” the court said in a ruling written by Judge William A. Fletcher.
Overwhelming consensus indeed. Let’s put an end to this Republican gun-nut nonsense once and for all, and return to a sane reading of our nation’s founding documents.