Alabama AG denounces ruling denying right to carry concealed guns in public
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Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: Jun 10 2016 8:47 AM
Alabama's attorney general denounced a federal appeals court ruling today that effectively denies residents of one California county the right of possession of a handgun for self-defense outside the home.
"The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held today that residents have no Second Amendment right to carry a firearm outside their home for self-defense," Alabama AG Luther Strange stated in a press release. "In effect the appeals court ruled that San Diego County can outlaw guns outside the home by declining to issue anyone a permit. This court's decision is a direct challenge to the Second Amendment and is unconstitutional," Strange stated. The court ruled in a 7-4 opinion in the case.
"We hold that the Second Amendment does not preserve or protect a right of a member of the general public to carry concealed firearms in public," the court ruled.
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