Millions more Americans will have the right to drive and walk around U.S. cities with hidden, loaded guns if freelance videographer Edward Peruta wins his fight to carry one on assignment.
The sheriff in San Diego rejected Perutas application for a permit to take his Colt 1911 .45 caliber pistol while traveling with cash and expensive equipment in high-crime California neighborhoods. He sued, and a three-judge panel of a federal appeals court ruled in February that any responsible, law-abiding citizen is entitled under the U.S. Constitutions Second Amendment to possess a concealed firearm in public for self defense.
If the ruling stands after further review by the full court, it may put the scope of the right to bear arms back in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, six years after the justices struck down a District of Columbia law that banned handguns in the home.
For complete article: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...n-public-seen-as-next-gun-control-battle.html
The sheriff in San Diego rejected Perutas application for a permit to take his Colt 1911 .45 caliber pistol while traveling with cash and expensive equipment in high-crime California neighborhoods. He sued, and a three-judge panel of a federal appeals court ruled in February that any responsible, law-abiding citizen is entitled under the U.S. Constitutions Second Amendment to possess a concealed firearm in public for self defense.
If the ruling stands after further review by the full court, it may put the scope of the right to bear arms back in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, six years after the justices struck down a District of Columbia law that banned handguns in the home.
For complete article: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...n-public-seen-as-next-gun-control-battle.html 
