The author is a proponent of open carry, and plainly divulges in the last couple of paragraphs of the article; and one can draw one's own conclusions about that. The primary point though is that both California and Hawaii are scant weeks away from being forced to recognize Heller and McDonald and begin issuing permits.Concealed Carry of handguns imminent?
by Charles Nichols
September 6th, 2010 4:02 am PT
Last May I reported on the Peruta v San Diego case where Chief Federal Judge Irma Gonzalez denied a motion by the Sheriff to dismiss the case.
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San Diego, like Los Angeles, issues very few licences to carry a concealed weapon. Licenses issued by both jurisdictions are capricious and arbitrary. In the case of Peruta v San Diego, the Sheriff's department favored a private organization called the Honorable Deputy Sheriff's Association. Not a single member in good standing who has applied since 2006 has been denied a license.
On Friday, the attorneys for Peruta filed a motion for a partial summary judgment. If the court grants the motion it would immediately require that all issuing authorities in the Southern District of California issue licences to carry a concealed weapon to everyone who applies and meets the non-discretionary requirements of obtaining a license or, hopefully, everyone who is at least 18 years of age and legally entitled to own a firearm as was found in Heller and McDonald.
And tangentially, there is a decision expected soon in Nordyke v King, a case which challenges an Alameda County law against possession of a firearm on county property - a law which effectively did away with gun shows in Alameda County. Given current trends, it is not too much to hope for Nordyke to win. Allan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation said about Nordyke: "This is a very important case, because it could establish the highest standard of scrutiny to which gun laws around the country would be subjected. While gun prohibitionists were upset by the 2008 Heller ruling and demoralized by our victory this year in the McDonald case, they are terrified of a strict scrutiny standard that could be established by the Nordyke case." (Gottlieb quoted in the above linked article.)
Anyway, California's anti-2nd Amendment establishment appears about to be turned on its ear - and in a big way. That is good news for freedom-loving people.
