Thundar
Regular Member
The new Anti argument – The US Constitution only Guarantees the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in the Home.
We have seen this argument from the Brady Bunch in Ed Peruta’s suit in San Diego, and the same argument from the Maryland Attorney General’s Office.
From the Brady brief in Ed's case:
...The Court’s (SCOTUS) holding is specifically limited to the right to keep firearms in the home...
Brady Bunch Link: http://www.archive.org/download/gov.uscourts.casd.308678/gov.uscourts.casd.308678.37.1.pdf
From the Md case:
Gansler said that the two Supreme Court opinions only guarantee people the right to keep handguns in their homes for self defense. He argued neither ruling affects a state's ability to protect public safety by regulating when people can carry guns in public.
Md. Link: http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=2073003
This is really the key issue for Open Carry: Does the constitution give you the right to openly carry a firearm outside of your home? We really have to win this question, or Open Carry will be a state by state right, not a federal constitutional right.
We have seen this argument from the Brady Bunch in Ed Peruta’s suit in San Diego, and the same argument from the Maryland Attorney General’s Office.
From the Brady brief in Ed's case:
...The Court’s (SCOTUS) holding is specifically limited to the right to keep firearms in the home...
Brady Bunch Link: http://www.archive.org/download/gov.uscourts.casd.308678/gov.uscourts.casd.308678.37.1.pdf
From the Md case:
Gansler said that the two Supreme Court opinions only guarantee people the right to keep handguns in their homes for self defense. He argued neither ruling affects a state's ability to protect public safety by regulating when people can carry guns in public.
Md. Link: http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=2073003
This is really the key issue for Open Carry: Does the constitution give you the right to openly carry a firearm outside of your home? We really have to win this question, or Open Carry will be a state by state right, not a federal constitutional right.
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