Boo, hiss…

Dammit, SCOTUS refused to hear Peruta v. San Diego…

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take a case about the boundaries of the Second Amendment’s right to keep and bear arms, by saying it will not review a California self-defense law.

The petitioners in Peruta v. California who asked the Supreme Court to review the case called the controversy “perhaps the single most important unresolved Second Amendment question” left to come before the Supreme Court. The high court’s action on Monday will leave that question unresolved.

Full article, HERE from The Washington Examiner.

But Justices Thomas and Gorsuch dissented… STRONGLY…

“For those of us who work in marbled halls, guarded constantly by a vigilant and dedicated police force, the guarantees of the Second Amendment might seem antiquated and superfluous. But the Framers made a clear choice: They reserved to all Americans the right to bear arms for self-defense. I do not think we should stand by idly while a State denies its citizens that right, particularly when their very lives may depend on it. I respectfully dissent.”

Full article, HERE. From Fox News.

So, once again the folks in Southern California are hung out to dry… In an area that is becoming overrun with illegals, this doesn’t bode well…

h/t NRA Media

Comments

Boo, hiss… — 14 Comments

  1. Justice Kennedy may step down and be replaced by a Gorsuch/Thomas style of Justice. Ruth Ginzburg looks like she’s barely clinging to life (though she’s looked like that for quite some time) and could shuffle off this mortal coil and be replaced by a President Trump appointment.

    I do hold some of this as less than bad news. Imagine if Hillary had been elected.

  2. I wonder how an argument of “I’m not carrying an illegal concealed firearm. I’m carrying an undocumented obscured lead accelerator.” would do in court?

    It’s thoughts like this that kept me out of the good schools.

  3. I don’t understand how any decision from the 9th Circuit can be left alone, since they clearly can’t do anything right. But then I’m a simple man, trying hard not to be blinded by their oh-so-lofty status.

    Grrr.

  4. Justice denied.
    Can vigilantism be far behind?
    (I’m now ignoring Fed. law every time I go to a National cemetery.)

  5. A friend of mine mentioned that this might be a good thing. Here’s the logic, and it’s worth considering:

    A case needs 4 of the Justices to grant Cert, and since this case didn’t get that, it’s safe to say it *might* not have gone the way we would like it to. Perhaps by delaying a hearing on this issue, until there is an additional 2A-friendly Justice on the Court, we avoid losing the case.

    That is, since there weren’t at least 4 Justices willing to hear the case, it’s a good bet that there aren’t 5 Justices that would rule in our favor.

    Worth considering, at the least.

  6. At least you people can have a ‘discussion’ about bearing arms for self defense. Here in Australia, we have no right at all to defend ourselves or our property if attacked. To do so instantly makes the attacker the victim, with the most dire consequences to the person defending themselves or their property. If when walking down the street, I pick up a knitting needle someone dropped, or even pick up a piece of a broken glass bottle, I can potentially be charged with ‘possession of an offensive weapon’. As for owning or even carrying a firearm, and believe it or not, even Air Rifles or pistols are classified as a ‘Firearm’, I have a snowball’s chance in hell of being allowed to own one, the penalties are draconian.

  7. LL- As long as the formaldehyde flows, Ginsburg will stick around, hoping for a Dem president… sigh

    DB- LOL, figures…

    Rev- Agreed!

    RHT- Good point…

    GB- Exactly!

    Randy- Look at the makeup… sigh

    Jeff/WSF- Hadn’t thought of it that way, but you could very well be correct.

    Stu- Yep, my Aussie friends that are shooters and gun owners bemoan the hoops they have to jump through, and live in ‘fear’ of missing ONE small thing and ending up in trouble!

  8. This is what happens when libturds take over a state.
    It will ALWAYS end bad for everyone else in the state.

  9. Wait, it gets better. From NRA-ILA—

    “Today, June 27, Governor Brown signed the state budget along with budget trailer bills including AB 103. AB 103, the Public Safety omnibus budget trailer bill changes current law by significantly expanding the prohibiting categories for firearms to include persons who have a warrant for a felony or disqualifying misdemeanor. Current law prohibits a person from owning, purchasing, receiving, possessing, or having under his/her custody or control a firearm upon conviction of a felony or for ten years upon conviction of a specified misdemeanor (29085 pc). AB 103’s drastic policy change will violate an individual’s right to due process as warrants can be issued without notice or hearing.

  10. Cheer up. It could have been worse. We could have had Hillary, and the SCOTUS could have elected to hear the case — and upheld the Ninth Circuit. It isn’t good, but it’s better than it might have been.

    Still, keep them clean and well stocked, and keep your powder dry..