Army Veteran Vows To Take Open Carry Fight To the Supreme Court
The U.S. Army veteran challenging Hawaii’s restrictive open-carry laws has vowed to take his case to the Supreme Court after losing in the Ninth Circuit this week, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Alan Beck, the lawyer representing native Hawaiian plaintiff George Young, told the outlet, “We’re planning on filing for a writ of certiorari. We’re not letting this lie.”
Beck’s statement came in response to a ruling passed down on Wednesday by the full 11-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit, in which the court rejected his challenge, choosing to uphold a Hawaii law that effectively terminates his right to bear arms outside the home.
According to the Firearms Policy Coalition, the law Young is challenging “requires that residents seeking a license to openly carry a firearm demonstrate good moral character, that he or she will be ‘engaged in the protection of life and property,’ and ‘the urgency or the need’ to carry a firearm.”
The gun-rights group noted that “in practice, virtually nobody ever demonstrates a strong enough urgency or need to be issued a license, so the licensing requirement operates as a prohibition.” (Read more from “Army Veteran Vows To Take Open Carry Fight To the Supreme Court” HERE)
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