California concealed gun ruling to be reconsidered (Peruta)

[petronius]

A federal appeals court will reconsider last year's controversial ruling that would have dramatically loosened California's restrictions on carrying concealed firearms.

In a brief order filed Thursday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to take a second look at the so-called Peruta case with a special 11-judge panel. The order effectively scraps a February 2014 decision that invalidated the San Diego County sheriff's strict guidelines for concealed-carry gun permits. And for now the order preserves similar limits in the Bay Area and elsewhere enforced by local sheriffs.

A majority of the 9th Circuit's 29 fulltime judges had to vote in favor of rehearing the case with an 11-judge panel. In a separate order, the court also agreed to reconsider a related case out of Yolo County. The court will hear arguments in the cases the week of June 15.

A 9th Circuit panel, divided 2-1, found that San Diego County's restrictions trampled on the Second Amendment rights of private citizens to carry a gun for self-defense. Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain, one of the court's most conservative members, wrote the decision, which drew a dissent from Chief Judge Sidney Thomas.

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http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_27792746/california-concealed-gun-ruling-be-reconsidered

Hopefully the larger panel will come to the same correct conclusion that the original panel did, but either way I suppose it will go to the USSC eventually...

[Eleanors38]

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