Concealed Arms-Carry Case Study

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With the arms carrying laws being one of the topics of the day, the recent ruling by the district court in San Diego, California may matter for more people, than just the Sunny State's residents... The 9th Circuit's Peruta decision accurately upheld limits on concealed arms, but evaded the Second Amendment right to open carry. That sets off an interesting precedent, which made a lot of Texan lawyers and pro and anti gun groups to look out and analyze the legal (possible federal-wide) consequences of that

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