Monday, May 05, 2014

Supreme Court Refuses Another 2nd Amend case

Continuing its frustrating pattern of refusing to decide a case about carrying firearms outside the home, the Supreme Court refused to hear a case challenging a NJ law.
The issues were:
 (1) Whether the Second Amendment secures a right to carry handguns outside the home for self-defense; and (2) whether state officials violate the Second Amendment by requiring that individuals wishing to exercise their right to carry a handgun for self-defense first prove a “justifiable need” for doing so.
 This pattern is starting to become a dereliction duty.  There was a Circuit split which is one of the situations in which the Court often steps in.  The Constitution does not mean one thing in CA and another in NJ.   Preventing that is one of the main functions of the Court.

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