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Second Amendment Ruling Applies To States
04/27/2009
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit made a small leap in Second Amendment rights history earlier this week, by ruling that the Second Amendment applies to the states through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the NRA reported.
"The historic Heller decision was a major victory for law-abiding gun owners and recognized that the federal government and the District of Columbia cannot infringe on our Right to Keep and Bear Arms," NRA-ILA executive director Chris W. Cox. said. "This week's decision, which applies to the states in the Ninth Circuit (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington), ensures that the fundamental freedoms affirmed in Heller are not just limited to the residents of Washington, D.C."
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors in California instituted a law making firearm possession a misdemeanor when held on county property, effectively banning all gun shows in the county in 1999.
Russell and Sallie Nordyke, owners of a business that promotes California firearms shows, sued the county to strike down the county regulation after it negatively affected their ability to bring business to Alameda County.
The NRA was supportive of the Nordyke suit, but the Ninth Circuit judges upheld the ban, stating that states should be allowed to determine Second Amendment rights. However, the Ninth Circuit also found, consistent with the views of most Second Amendment scholars, that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for all law-abiding Americans.
"The NRA shares the Nordykes' disappointment with the ruling on the county ordinance, as gun shows should not be discriminated against by local government entities. The incorporation portion of the decision, however, is a major step forward in protecting our Second Amendment freedoms," said Cox.
Second Amendment Ruling Applies To States
04/27/2009
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit made a small leap in Second Amendment rights history earlier this week, by ruling that the Second Amendment applies to the states through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the NRA reported.
"The historic Heller decision was a major victory for law-abiding gun owners and recognized that the federal government and the District of Columbia cannot infringe on our Right to Keep and Bear Arms," NRA-ILA executive director Chris W. Cox. said. "This week's decision, which applies to the states in the Ninth Circuit (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington), ensures that the fundamental freedoms affirmed in Heller are not just limited to the residents of Washington, D.C."
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors in California instituted a law making firearm possession a misdemeanor when held on county property, effectively banning all gun shows in the county in 1999.
Russell and Sallie Nordyke, owners of a business that promotes California firearms shows, sued the county to strike down the county regulation after it negatively affected their ability to bring business to Alameda County.
The NRA was supportive of the Nordyke suit, but the Ninth Circuit judges upheld the ban, stating that states should be allowed to determine Second Amendment rights. However, the Ninth Circuit also found, consistent with the views of most Second Amendment scholars, that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for all law-abiding Americans.
"The NRA shares the Nordykes' disappointment with the ruling on the county ordinance, as gun shows should not be discriminated against by local government entities. The incorporation portion of the decision, however, is a major step forward in protecting our Second Amendment freedoms," said Cox.