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As you might expect of Orange Juice, we just can’t resist illustrating this with a crotch shot.
Here’s a page (from the pro-CCW perspective) that has links to all of the critical information on the Peruta v. San Diego case. Because there is an evenly split Supreme Court, it is unlikely that the decision will be reversed; in which case it will continue to apply throughout the Ninth Circuit. The decision does not prevent states and municipalities from approving Carrying of Concealed Weapons laws; it just means that they have no constitutional obligation to do so. (So you can still safely move to Idaho or Alaska and shoot your own crotch there, if you want.)
Go wild with your discussion. We know that you can do it!
About Greg Diamond
Somewhat verbose attorney, semi-disabled and semi-retired, residing in northwest Brea. Occasionally ran for office against jerks who otherwise would have gonr unopposed. Got 45% of the vote against Bob Huff for State Senate in 2012; Josh Newman then won the seat in 2016. In 2014 became the first attorney to challenge OCDA Tony Rackauckas since 2002; Todd Spitzer then won that seat in 2018. Every time he's run against some rotten incumbent, the *next* person to challenge them wins! He's OK with that.
Corrupt party hacks hate him. He's OK with that too.
He does advise some local campaigns informally and (so far) without compensation. (If that last bit changes, he will declare the interest.)
His daughter is a professional campaign treasurer. He doesn't usually know whom she and her firm represent. Whether they do so never influences his endorsements or coverage. (He does have his own strong opinions.) But when he does check campaign finance forms, he is often happily surprised to learn that good candidates he respects often DO hire her firm. (Maybe bad ones are scared off by his relationship with her, but they needn't be.)
Thou shalt keep but not bear arms.
Wait a minute . . .
*OK Sheriff Hutchins, you won’t issue Press Passes to anyone? How about requiring this:
Mandatory Drug Testing for all New or Renewed CCW’s? We do not need endless background checks to see who donated to what re-election campaign in order to quality for a CCW. That was the way that it used to be. We are looking to the Sheriff to step up to the plate and stop giving CCW’s to Drug dependent or Drug Abusing members of our society. Drug testing is required for ICC Truck Drivers, Professional and NCAA Athletes, United States based Air Crews and some Public Safety folks – depending on their Union Contracts. How about OC Sheriff’s? Are they drug tested? How about PTSD returning Veterans…are they Drug Tested before getting a firearm? How about child and domestic abusers? Are they drug tested or qualified for a CCW?
Sounds like a lot of gray areas in our laws and application of “Equal Justice Under the Law” doesn’t it? This CCW court case will go to the Supreme Court, probably next year. In the meantime, the Sheriff should do the right thing and restrict CCW’s to Drug Abusers – Prescription overdosers or illegal drugs. The State of Colorado already has an NIH approved Marijuana Abuse Litmus Paper they give motorists they suspect of abusing and are convicting at a rapid rate. We don’t need to go back to the days of Cronyism and Paid-off Licensing for CCW’s, but we sure need to do the right thing.