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Charles Nichols is a proponent of open carry.  In 2011, he filed a Federal Civil Rights lawsuit seeking to overturn California’s 1967 ban on openly carrying loaded firearms in public for the purpose of lawful self-defense.  Oral argument in his case took place on February 15, 2018, before a three-judge panel of the 9th circuit court of appeals. Charles follows court cases relating to The Second Amendment and tells us what they really mean instead of what reporters, who have never read the decisions in the cases, say they mean.

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9th Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sidney Thomas

Pre-Game Analysis of 9th Circuit En Banc Rehearing of the Second...

When and Where? The week of March 25th, 2019, eleven active judges of the 9th circuit court of appeals and the players for the two...
Young v. Hawaii - Plaintiff's Attorney Alan Beck

Ninth Circuit to Tackle Second Amendment in March

On Friday, February 8, 2019, the 9th circuit court of appeals issued an Order vacating a three-judge panel decision from last July. The panel...
nichols v brown

NRA and California Just Got Spanked by 9th Circuit Court of...

"Oh! What A Tangled Web We Weave When First We Practice To Deceive" - Sir Walter Scott The National Rifle Association, its official California organization...
The Roberts Court, November 30, 2018. Seated, from left to right: Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Samuel A. Alito. Standing, from left to right: Justices Neil M. Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Brett M. Kavanaugh. Photograph by Fred Schilling, Supreme Court Curator's Office.

SCOTUS Grants 2nd Amendment Cert Petition – Now What?

Nine years, three months and twenty-three days after the United States Supreme Court granted the cert petition in McDonald v. The City of Chicago,...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh

Supreme Court Still Second Amendment Gun-Shy Despite Justice Kavanaugh Appointment

Those of us who defend the right to keep and bear arms have high hopes that the then Circuit Judge Kavanaugh who wrote his...
Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the majority decision in District of Columbia v. Heller

Justice Scalia on Concealed Carry Prohibitions

Justice Scalia wrote the majority decision in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) On the day the decision was released, Justice Scalia spoke for 16...
The Roberts Court, November 30, 2018. Seated, from left to right: Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Samuel A. Alito. Standing, from left to right: Justices Neil M. Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Brett M. Kavanaugh. Photograph by Fred Schilling, Supreme Court Curator's Office.

NRA Just Sent The Supreme Court a Lump of Coal For...

The Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs, Inc. (ANJRPC) is the official National Rifle Association State Association in New Jersey. ANJRPC is...
The Gun-Control Paradox - Charles Nichols in court.

The Gun-Control Paradox

There are tens of millions of people in the United States who should not be allowed anywhere near any kind of weapon. They should...
nra gun ban

The Decline and Fall of the NRA

The leftwing press is rejoicing over the fact that the National Rifle Association reported $312 million in income last year which is down from...
alan gura speaks about open carry

Government of California Asks NRA to Join it in Fight Against...

The State of California and the National Rifle Association find themselves between a rock and a hard place. Both oppose the Second Amendment right...
Judge Kavanaugh

Judge Kavanaugh says Concealed Carry Is Not A Right – NRA...

Last week, during his confirmation hearing to become a justice of the United States Supreme Court, Judge Kavanaugh was questioned about the Second Amendment...
University of California at Los Angeles Professors of Law Adam Winkler and Eugene Volokh

Professors of Law Say 9th Circuit Open Carry Decision is Now...

Two prominent Professors of Law, both of whom oppose Open Carry, say the July 24th, Open Carry decision, Young v. Hawaii, from the 9th...
Three Stooges - Order in the Court

Why Are Gun-Rights Lawyers Hiding From 9th Circuit Open Carry Decision?

It has been three weeks since a three-judge panel published a decision in Young v. Hawaii which held that the right to openly carry...
"Minuteman" by sculptor Henry Hudson Kitson (1863-1947), dedicated April 19, 1900. Erected 1899. 9th Circuit to decide to openly carry.

When Will We Be Able to Openly Carry a Firearm in...

Well, it is already legal for you to openly carry a firearm in most of the 9th circuit except California, Hawaii and a city...
US Supreme Court 2010.

The Second Amendment is in a Coma ten years after the...

June 26, 2018, marks ten years since the United States Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in District of Columbia v. Heller. Despite the combined...
NRA Suckers

NRA Loses Fake Open Carry Lawsuit, Files Three More Concealed Carry...

After losing a lawsuit before the 9th circuit court of appeals in 2016, a case in which the NRA argued that states and local...
Charles Nichols arguing his California Open Carry case before the 9th circuit court of appeals

Is There a Right to Keep and Bear Arms Outside of...

Lost in the perennial argument over gun-free school zones and black rifles these past weeks were two cases argued in the 9th circuit court...
19th/Early 20th Century Single Loop Holster. CC-BY-SA-3.0

The Guns of February, A Story of Two Three-Judge Panels

Next month, in two Federal courtrooms nearly 3,000 miles apart, two separate three-judge panels of the 9th circuit court of appeals will hear oral...
"Minuteman" by sculptor Henry Hudson Kitson (1863-1947), dedicated April 19, 1900. Erected 1899. 9th Circuit to decide to openly carry.

California Open Carry Lawsuit to be Heard by 9th Circuit on...

As my readers know, I am the first and only person in the fifty years since California's ban on openly carrying loaded firearms became...
Colt single action. Image by Xavi Barrera from Pixabay

The End of California Concealed Carry

Not just the end of California Concealed Carry but the end of concealed carry throughout the 9th circuit court of appeals. Nine years, two months,...

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