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Ninth Circuit panel issues stunning Second Amendment ruling

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A U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel today ruled that “the right to purchase and sell firearms is part and parcel of the historically recognized right to keep and bear arms,” an opinion almost certain to make gun prohibitionists shudder.

The 2-1 opinion came in a case filed by the Second Amendment Foundation, the California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees, the Calguns Foundation, Inc., and three businessmen, John Teixeira, Steve Nobriga and Gary Gamaza. It is known as Teixeira v. Alameda County, and it was supported by an amicus brief filed by Virginia attorney Alan Gura for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. The ruling may be read here.

Judge O’Scannlain reiterated, “The right of law-abiding citizens to keep and to bear arms is not a ‘second-class right, subject to an entirely different body of rules than the other Bill of Rights guarantees that we have held to be incorporated into the Due Process Clause.’”

Ninth Circuit panel issues stunning Second Amendment ruling | Examiner.com


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This is why I fully support the SAF because they will fight for the rights of gun owners, more than anyone else.
 
Well, the gun control side can file a motion to have the issue heard en banc, asking the entire membership of the 9th Circuit to review the decision.

The 9th Circuit has usually been fairly left-liberal in rulings and they may agree to this and overrule the decision of the panel.

It would be awesome if they upheld it en banc, but just as acceptable if they refuse to hear it, so that in either case even if there is an appeal to the current SCOTUS a 4:4 decision would make it good law nationwide.
 
This is why I fully support the SAF because they will fight for the rights of gun owners, more than anyone else.

I donate generously to SAF, calguns, as well as the NRA. Good news, thanks for the post.
 
A U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel today ruled that “the right to purchase and sell firearms is part and parcel of the historically recognized right to keep and bear arms,” an opinion almost certain to make gun prohibitionists shudder.

The 2-1 opinion came in a case filed by the Second Amendment Foundation, the California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees, the Calguns Foundation, Inc., and three businessmen, John Teixeira, Steve Nobriga and Gary Gamaza. It is known as Teixeira v. Alameda County, and it was supported by an amicus brief filed by Virginia attorney Alan Gura for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. The ruling may be read here.

Judge O’Scannlain reiterated, “The right of law-abiding citizens to keep and to bear arms is not a ‘second-class right, subject to an entirely different body of rules than the other Bill of Rights guarantees that we have held to be incorporated into the Due Process Clause.’”

Ninth Circuit panel issues stunning Second Amendment ruling | Examiner.com


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Wow - that was in 'Frisco!

That court is as liberal as it gets!
 
This is why I fully support the SAF because they will fight for the rights of gun owners, more than anyone else.


me too. great organization

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Wow - that was in 'Frisco!

That court is as liberal as it gets!

The 9th Circuit hasn't been too bad in guns recently. The same court stopped "may issue" in San Diego a year or two ago.
 
The 9th Circuit hasn't been too bad in guns recently. The same court stopped "may issue" in San Diego a year or two ago.
Wasn't aware of that.

So they're socially liberal, but strong 2A - my kind of people! ;)
 
me too. great organization

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If you guys want to follow the traditionalist view of The Constitution - that the original intent of The Constitution is the only intent of The Constitution - the second amendment concerning arms ownership was passed by the first congress in 1789 as a right for militias to have the right to bear arms. James Madison, the one who first proposed the 2nd amendment concerning arms, wanted gun ownership to be an individual right but that wasn't passed by the first congress.

Sidenote: How does one permit individual ownership of arms but not allow them in schools? At airports?
 
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Wasn't aware of that.

So they're socially liberal, but strong 2A - my kind of people! ;)

I wouldn't say "strong 2A" but they made the right decision in that case.
 
If you guys want to follow the traditionalist view of The Constitution - that the original intent of The Constitution is the only intent of The Constitution - the second amendment concerning arms ownership was passed by the first congress in 1789 as a right for militias to have the right to bear arms. James Madison, the one who first proposed the 2nd amendment concerning arms, wanted gun ownership to be an individual right but that wasn't passed by the first congress.

Sidenote: How does one permit individual ownership of arms but not allow them in schools? At airports?

The 2A is VERY clear about the right of the people[\u] to keep and bear arms.

WRT carrying on school campuses and aircraft, that's a good question and there is plenty of room to argue that such restrictions should be prohibited.
 
The 2A is VERY clear about the right of the people[\u] to keep and bear arms.

WRT carrying on school campuses and aircraft, that's a good question and there is plenty of room to argue that such restrictions should be prohibited.
The interpretation of the arms portion of the second amendment by the judiciary is definitely clear. Again, this interpretation by the judiciary was not the original intent of the arms portion of the second amendment as it was originally passed by congress in 1789.
 
If you guys want to follow the traditionalist view of The Constitution - that the original intent of The Constitution is the only intent of The Constitution - the second amendment concerning arms ownership was passed by the first congress in 1789 as a right for militias to have the right to bear arms. James Madison, the one who first proposed the 2nd amendment concerning arms, wanted gun ownership to be an individual right but that wasn't passed by the first congress.

Sidenote: How does one permit individual ownership of arms but not allow them in schools? At airports?

you are wrong. What was the pre-existing natural right that the founders intended to recognize with the second amendment?
 
A U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel today ruled that “the right to purchase and sell firearms is part and parcel of the historically recognized right to keep and bear arms,” an opinion almost certain to make gun prohibitionists shudder.

The 2-1 opinion came in a case filed by the Second Amendment Foundation, the California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees, the Calguns Foundation, Inc., and three businessmen, John Teixeira, Steve Nobriga and Gary Gamaza. It is known as Teixeira v. Alameda County, and it was supported by an amicus brief filed by Virginia attorney Alan Gura for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. The ruling may be read here.

Judge O’Scannlain reiterated, “The right of law-abiding citizens to keep and to bear arms is not a ‘second-class right, subject to an entirely different body of rules than the other Bill of Rights guarantees that we have held to be incorporated into the Due Process Clause.’”

Ninth Circuit panel issues stunning Second Amendment ruling | Examiner.com


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Localities should be allowed to set their own gun policies without federal interference.

Well, the gun control side can file a motion to have the issue heard en banc, asking the entire membership of the 9th Circuit to review the decision.

The 9th Circuit has usually been fairly left-liberal in rulings and they may agree to this and overrule the decision of the panel.

It would be awesome if they upheld it en banc, but just as acceptable if they refuse to hear it, so that in either case even if there is an appeal to the current SCOTUS a 4:4 decision would make it good law nationwide.

You are confused. Unappealed circuit court rulings are binding over the district courts of that circuit, but are only persuasive in the rest of the country.
 
you are wrong. What was the pre-existing natural right that the founders intended to recognize with the second amendment?

The founders didn't intend for the 2nd to apply to the states.
 
If you guys want to follow the traditionalist view of The Constitution - that the original intent of The Constitution is the only intent of The Constitution - the second amendment concerning arms ownership was passed by the first congress in 1789 as a right for militias to have the right to bear arms. James Madison, the one who first proposed the 2nd amendment concerning arms, wanted gun ownership to be an individual right but that wasn't passed by the first congress.

Sidenote: How does one permit individual ownership of arms but not allow them in schools? At airports?

you are wrong. What was the pre-existing natural right that the founders intended to recognize with the second amendment?
The founder, James Madison, wished for individual gun ownership but the congress passed the arms part of the second amendment in 1789 as a right for militias. Of course, individual arms ownership made up militia arms ownership but still it originally was a militia right. Now that the EDIT: non-US government entities provide all the weaponry needed for the military, individual arms ownership is not a necessity for military/militia ownership.

This is all a moot point because the judiciary has consistently ruled for individual arms ownership (except in schools, airports, etc.).
 
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The founder, James Madison, wished for individual gun ownership but the congress passed the arms part of the second amendment in 1789 as a right for militias.


how do militias have rights and how does the pre-existing right the founders sought to recognize, require membership in a government created entity that did not exist prior to the formation of the government?
 
Wow - that was in 'Frisco!

That court is as liberal as it gets!

Good evening, Chomsky. :2wave:

Something that alarms me is why we are having so much current controversy about the first two Rights in the Bill of Rights - freedom of speech, and the right to bear arms. It almost sounds as if some would like to get rid of our Constitution - we aren't told what would replace it - but why change something that has made us unique on the world stage for several hundred years?
 
how do militias have rights and how does the pre-existing right the founders sought to recognize, require membership in a government created entity that did not exist prior to the formation of the government?
The people had rights to defend themselves from an intrusive federal government. That particular bill of rights prevention that we refer to, now, was the militia. The federal government couldn't take away a militia's arms as the British had done before.
 
The people had rights to defend themselves from an intrusive federal government. That particular bill of rights prevention that we refer to, now, was the militia. The federal government couldn't take away a militia's arms as the British had done before.

That really is an evasion of the point I made. The right was an individual one, not of an entity that did not pre=exist government (well regulated militia)
 
That really is an evasion of the point I made. The right was an individual one, not of an entity that did not pre=exist government (well regulated militia)
No evasion. I'm pointing out that the second amendment when passed by the first congress in 1789, held arms ownership as a right of militias. IOW, the arms part of the 2nd amendment when it became a part of The Constitution in 1789, dealt with militias.

I'm sure there were those with high and possibly worthy goals for this amendment. Like James Madison. When the 2nd amendment was passed by congress in 1789, the arms portion pertained to militias.
 
No evasion. I'm pointing out that the second amendment when passed by the first congress in 1789, held arms ownership as a right of militias. IOW, the arms part of the 2nd amendment when it became a part of The Constitution in 1789, dealt with militias.

I'm sure there were those with high and possibly worthy goals for this amendment. Like James Madison. When the 2nd amendment was passed by congress in 1789, the arms portion pertained to militias.

You are wrong. The Second Amendment does not say

THE RIGHT OF THE MILITIA (or Militia members) to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed

It says the right of the people

since a militia is an ad hoc emergency creation, how can you have the environment to create an effective militia unless all the people had their right to KBA guaranteed?
 
You are wrong. The Second Amendment does not say

THE RIGHT OF THE MILITIA (or Militia members) to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed

It says the right of the people

since a militia is an ad hoc emergency creation, how can you have the environment to create an effective militia unless all the people had their right to KBA guaranteed?
You need to read the backstory to the first congress. Better yet, read the book "The First Congress", by Fergus M. Bordewich.

The second amendment reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
 
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