Showing posts with label Concealed carry laws. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Concealed carry laws. Show all posts
Sunday, April 19, 2015
NRA MEMBERS WANT TRAINING FOR CONCEALED CARRY GUN OWNERS
Monday, March 4, 2013
Concealed carry firearms not protected by 2nd Amendment…says Denver federal appeals court
What is more important right now? Whether we ban assault weapons and high
capacity magazines, make universal background checks the law, eliminate straw
purchases, concentrate on improving investigations into and sharing of mental
health data, create a registry of firearms or other gun control legislation being
proposed, there is an even more pressing problem to be reckoned with. It is what do we do with about 8 million
cowboys and cowgirls walking around American streets with either a concealed
weapon or one in a holster at their side?
I did a post in 2011 that
questioned whether or not these people should be allowed to openly take their
weapons all around town, even the whole country, if the National Rifle Assn.
(NRA) has its way. In Arizona, with the
country’s loosest gun laws, they can even take a gun into a bar, and the state
might soon be arming teachers in schools.
Right now I am fine with having a firearm at home for protection but
that is where it should stay. Many of
these carriers have no real weapons training and I don’t want them protecting
me anyway. Leave the gun at home.
When I wrote the earlier post, the U.S. House had OKed a
bill to allow concealed guns to cross state lines. That means someone from Arizona, where all
you basically need to buy a gun is a warm body, this person could carry his or
her weapon into states like California, New York and Illinois where they have
much tougher gun laws. Thankfully this
legislative idiocy has been tabled for the time being but always in the back of
the minds of the gun nuts. But there is
other news for changing the concealed carry laws in the future that might
involve the Supreme Court.
Although one year old, The Young Turks attack concealed carry laws:
Forbes did a recent piece
with concern over the fact that new verdicts from Federal Appeals courts could
be harmful to the gun industry. “In
Denver, the court decided that concealed-carry firearms aren’t protected by the
Second Amendment,” the magazine reported.
In opposition, “…in Chicago, the court reached a different decision. It
declined to reconsider a ruling that found that state’s ban on concealed carry
unconstitutional.” And in a New York federal
appeals court, the fact that concealed carry applicants must prove “proper
cause” to carry was upheld.
Two out of three sounds like momentum for gun control advocates
and although this issue isn’t on the White House’s agenda, there are many who
feel reevaluating this right, along with state laws re. self-defense use of
guns when challenged is ripe for the picking.
The question that is never asked in polls on gun violence is: “Do you
favor banning concealed weapons for anyone but law enforcement and authorized
users?” As an example, in a reaction to
teachers carrying guns, the New Yorker found the idea “confounding.”
Concealed carry weapons including small, compact pistols and
revolvers produce big money for gun manufacturers. And women have become a prime market for
these firearms in one of the industry’s fastest growing segments. Some even come with pink grips. So companies like Sturm, Ruger and Smith
& Wesson aren’t likely to give in to curtailment of the concealed carry
laws without a fight, no doubt led by wacky Wayne LaPierre and his NRA gun
worshippers. Of course those cowboys and
cowgirls will certainly have their say in the matter.
Forbes predicts these contradictory appeal decisions (above)
would make it more likely that the Supreme Court would have to settle the
matter. Two earlier SCOTUS cases come to
mind immediately. In 2008 the “District
of Columbia v. Heller, upheld many 19th century prohibitions on concealed
weapons, but also acknowledged that the Second Amendment protects a right to
own guns.” Then in 2010, “McDonald v.
Chicago, established that state and local laws should also recognize the right
to own firearms.” But the Supremes also
put a fly in the ointment.
McDonald v. Chicago stated that there is a right
for gun owners to have a weapon in their home for protection, which leaves open
the premise that the high Court just might place restraints on the concealed
carry law. It is possible that
eventually concealed carry permits may be available in all states. To give you an idea of the popularity, the 8
million concealed carriers are almost twice the NRA membership which is 4.5
million. It would be interesting to know
what percent of these faux vigilantes are trained. Regardless, I want them all off the streets.
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