McDonald, et al. v. City of Chicago (08-1521) Amici Briefs, documents available ChicagoGunCase.com

[Doug Huffman]

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I believe that these are authoritative primary source URL for the benefit of those that didn't follow DC v. Heller.

http://www.chicagoguncase.com/case-filings/

http://www.scotuswiki.com/index.php?title=Case_Index_OT09

http://www.scotuswiki.com/index.php?title=McDonald,_et_al._v._City_of_Chicago

http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/meritsbriefs/meritsbriefs.html

 

[starbuck]

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I was a little surprised to see California filing a brief, supporting the suit.

 

[fully_armed_biker]

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This was the first time I actually read the text of the suit McDonald, et al vs. Cit of Chicago...I couldn't be happier to see my old home town...Oak Park, IL named in the suit too...:celebrateThank God I got out of the People's Republik of Oak Park...and now live in the Free State of Virignia!

 

[skidmark]

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starbuck wrote:

I was a little surprised to see California filing a brief, supporting the suit.

If the 2nd Amendment does not apply to the states as well as the Federal government California loses the legal right to "reasonable" restrictions on what its citizens are allowed to posses. In other words, they lose all restrictions,California gun bans go down the tubes, and we see surfers with AK-47s slung across their backs.

stay safe.

skidmark

 

[The Donkey]

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skidmark wrote:

starbuck wrote:

I was a little surprised to see California filing a brief, supporting the suit.

If the 2nd Amendment does not apply to the states as well as the Federal government California loses the legal right to "reasonable" restrictions on what its citizens are allowed to posses. In other words, they lose all restrictions,California gun bans go down the tubes, and we see surfers with AK-47s slung across their backs.

stay safe.

skidmark

The brief starts out positively enough:


INTEREST OF [font="Century Schoolbook,Century Schoolbook"][font="Century Schoolbook,Century Schoolbook"]AMICUS CURIAE
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California has a strong interest in protecting the constitutional rights of its citizens. But unlike many states, California has no state constitutional counterpart to the Second Amendment. Unless the protections of the Second Amendment extend to citizens living in the States as well as to those living in federal enclaves, California citizens could be deprived of the constitutional right to possess handguns in their homes as affirmed in [/font][/font][font="Century Schoolbook,Century Schoolbook"][font="Century Schoolbook,Century Schoolbook"]District of Columbia v. Heller[/font][/font][font="Century Schoolbook,Century Schoolbook"][font="Century Schoolbook,Century Schoolbook"], 128 S. Ct. 2783 (2008).[/font][/font]

[font="Century Schoolbook,Century Schoolbook"][font="Century Schoolbook,Century Schoolbook"]But then:[/font][/font]
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California, which has been a national leader in passing common-sense legislation to regulate firearms. The Unsafe Handgun Act, for example, aims to reduce handgun crime and promote handgun safety. Cal. Penal Code § 12125 et seq. It prohibits the manufacture or sale of any "unsafe handgun" in California, including those that lack certain safety features such as a chamber-load indicator. Cal. Penal Code § 12126(c). This law has furthered important governmental interests while not interfering with the ability of our state’s residents to purchase and possess a wide range of handguns: Over 1,300 handguns have been certified by California as meeting the law’s requirements. See http://certguns.doj.ca.gov/.Nonetheless,California is presently defending the law against a federal constitutional challenge. [font="Century Schoolbook,Century Schoolbook"][font="Century Schoolbook,Century Schoolbook"]Peña v.Cid[/font][/font],2:09-cv-01185-FCD-KJM,2009(U.S.Dist.,E.D.Cal.).

The petitions in these cases should be granted to provide needed guidance on the scope of the States’ ability toreasonably regulate firearms while extending to the states [font="Century Schoolbook,Century Schoolbook"][font="Century Schoolbook,Century Schoolbook"]Heller[/font][/font]’s core Second-Amendment holding that government cannot deny citizens the right to possess handguns in their homes.

[font="Century Schoolbook,Century Schoolbook"][font="Century Schoolbook,Century Schoolbook"]Not a very good beginning from California!

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