U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sep. 9, 2016
Open carry wary
California's federal judiciary has been targeted by a hail of recent gun suits. These Second Amendment volleys aim to relax the state's open- and concealed-carry weapons laws.
William Slomanson
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Email: bills@tjsl.edu
William Slomanson is also the author of California Procedure in a Nutshell (5th ed. 2014).
California's federal judiciary has been targeted by a hail of recent gun suits. These Second Amendment volleys aim to relax the state's open- and concealed-carry weapons laws. The U.S. Supreme Court's 2008 recognition of the public's right to bear arms at home unleashed conflicting judicial perspectives via its focal statement: "some think that the Second Amendment is outmoded in a society where ... gun violence is a serious problem. ... [But] it is not the role of this Court to pronounce ...
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