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The Supreme Court will not intervene in a lower court's decision that the Second Amendment does not protect the right to carry a concealed weapon in public.
Gun rights advocates had asked the court to review a California law that gives local sheriffs power to require that those seeking concealed-carry permits show a particular need, such as a threat.
"Whether the Second Amendment secures an individual right to bear arms for self-defense outside the home" is the perhaps the "single most important unresolved Second Amendment question," said a brief filed by the California Rifle and Pistol Association Foundation.
Because California bans carrying weapons openly in public, the association said the state law can effectively prohibit carrying a gun in any manner outside the home. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-passes-on-california-concealed-weapon-law/2017/06/26/a672a858-3c02-11e7-a058-ddbb23c75d82_story.html?utm_term=.e90ea5861c39 |
