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In reply to the discussion: I took one for the team and read the Ninth Circuit Young open carry decision. [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)It is my understanding that, like New Jersey, Hawaii being a "may issue" state regarding carry permits, operates in effect as a "no issue" state. The result is that no private citizen regardless of training, skill or reason may be armed for self-defense in public. This is a basic contradiction. How is it that there is an individual right to keep and bear arms if that right is limited to one's own private property?
SCOTUS also highlighted in Heller that states have latitude in placing reasonable restrictions on that right. I would suggest that restricting carry in urban areas to concealed only and that open carry be permitted only in rural unincorporated areas.
Highlighting here: the Bill of Rights neither creates nor confers any right. The BoR acknowledges and protects pre-existing human rights. Also, IIRC 13 states now have no requirements at all for carrying concealed. In those states, any resident who lawfully owns a concealable gun may carry it.
I prefer laws that allow for CC for many reasons.
You've made the claim that unintended consequences were not considered by the court. Why would you say that?