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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Jun. 5, 2012

After years of litigation, circuit issues narrow ruling on gun rights case

The big shootout over gun shows at the Alameda County fairgrounds fizzled Friday as a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc panel held there is no 2nd Amendment issue involved.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The big shootout over gun shows at the Alameda County fairgrounds fizzled Friday as a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc panel held there is no Second Amendment issue involved.


During the dozen years Alameda's law banning guns on county property was before the circuit, intervening U.S. Supreme Court precedent, the aims of the gun show plaintiffs and changes in the county's own view of it...

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