Second Amendment: Court of Appeals says states may ban open carrying of firearms

The ruling comes at a time of heated national debate over the scope of the Second Amendment, following the mass shootings in Colorado and Atlanta this month. The White House is weighing whether it will take several gun safety measures through executive action as it publicly pressures Congress to move toward legislation aimed at curbing violence.

“At least this outlines the government’s power to regulate weapons in public squares: the government can regulate and even prohibit in public places, including government buildings, churches, schools and markets,” Byby wrote. Small arms capable of concealment, whether concealed or in public. “

“Our review of more than 700 years of English and American legal history has revealed a strong theme: the government has the power to regulate firearms in public squares,” he added.

“History is awkward and, as we have guessed, the record is not the same, but the overwhelming evidence of states’ constitutions and laws, cases and comments assures us that we have never assumed that individuals have an inalienable right to carry weapons. . “

‘Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States’ guarantees the right of the people to own and possess arms. ‘

“Today, our court has taken a majority that does not say what the Second Amendment means. Instead, the majority believes that while the Second Amendment may guarantee the right to possess a weapon for self-defense inside one’s home, but it does not provide any. The same firearm for self-defense on the spot – that is, to carry. “

If the Supreme Court hears the case, it will bring a rare judgment from the High Court on the scope of the Second Amendment, an issue it has pushed since it issued two landmark views in 2008 and 2010.

Gun rights advocates and some judges have also expressed frustration that the court has refused to define the scope of the right as it recognizes sanctions by the country’s lower courts.