Black runner wrote:
So if me and my friends decide to gun up, you're all good? Or are you going to "fear for your life" when POC exercise their right to walk down the street with a CCP weapon, and kill us? (And get a biased, racist cop or judge to give you a merit badge or something).
So you don't think any black person owns a gun?
Gun restrictions were put in place originally to keep them out of black people's hands so they could not defend themselves against individuals and mobs coming after them. I prefer to see law abiding citizens of all races able to defend themselves from violent criminals. The police sure can't do it for you.
With the use of language like “little evidence of an early American practice" here and in the draft Roe-overturning opinion, one wonders what other rights the conservative Justices will discard, or expand, according to their whim.
Gay marriage? "Little evidence of an early American practice" there.
Marriage between people of different races (Loving v. Virginia)? "Little evidence of an early American practice" there.
The right of access to birth control? "Little evidence of an early American practice" there.
Child labor laws? "Little evidence of an early American practice" there.
zxcvzcxv wrote:
This is a disgraceful and entirely unjustified opinion. Only zealots would interpret "well regulated militia" and two hundred plus years of local and state gun regulations to mean no limitations on conceal carry.
By that logic we should still have slavery since it was part of long standing American law. Your argument doesn’t hold water.
More concealed carry = less crime.
sbeefyk2 wrote:
I wonder what this means for CA. CA has had a law for a long time that makes it nearly impossible to get a conceal carry permit. The only way to get a concealed carry permit is if it’s your job (such as a PI or security guard that requires a firearm) or you can prove your life is in danger and a firearm is required to protect yourself. And then you have to meet with the local sheriff to discuss that. Maybe CA clearly defines “self defense” so the law is legal. Anyways, I’m sure someone will challenge it soon enough and we’ll find out.
No they haven't. At least not a statewide law. Individual counties make their own rules about whether they will issue CCLs. Many rural counties issue CCLs after a background check and completion of a safety class. Others like SF, LA issue essentially zero CCLs. Totally up to the local county Sheriff. Where I live, Santa Clara county, the Sheriff is under indictment right now. Apparently, under her leadership NO CCLs are issued, unless you were a big donor to her reelection campaign.