A week shy of one year since oral argument was heard, and over six and a half years since the case was brought in October of 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in Peruta v. County of San Diego.  The Peruta case is not the only one challenging California concealed carry laws.  Peruta was consolidated with Richards v. Prieto, a case involving Yolo County, California.  (Additionally, several other similar cases such as Baker v. Kealoha out of Hawaii were stayed by the Ninth Circuit pending resolution of Peruta.) Background The case involves a challenge to California's concealed carry laws.  When the case was brought, California law permitted unloaded open carry, but during the pendency of the case, that right was lost to the people of California.  Therefore, California law now almost completely prevents ordinary people from carrying firearms in public – with the exception of a favored few categories of...(Read Full Article)