The soft tyranny dictatorship tightens its stranglehold.

Today, in a 7-4 vote, the absolutely out-of-control 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in the Hopeless State of Californication upheld a California law that says applicants must supply a "good cause" (aka “just cause”) to obtain a concealed-carry firearms permit.* This ruling overturned a previous decision by that very same court that allowed carry-concealed permits to be granted to applicants who only wanted to have them for personal safety.

This ruling, while binding in nine Western states, sets some terrible precedent that can be used against law-abiding gun owners who currently possess carry-concealed permits granted in the other 41 states – especially if this issue makes it into other Circuits’ appeals courts or the Supreme Court of the United States. This ruling will require even law-abiding citizens to show that they routinely carry large amounts of cash or valuables or are being stalked or threatened or – remember it’s California - are celebrities who fear for their safety.

Realize this appeal attempts to deny the:

1. very wording of the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution (item # 2 of the Bill of RIGHTS) that states "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed," and
2. The lawful right of a law-abiding citizen who is legally licensed by a state NOT requiring such a "good cause" (also called "just cause") to have such a carry concealed permit:

Sadly, the soft tyranny dictatorship that our federal government has become is slowly but surely tightening its stranglehold on its subjects. Today was just one more nail in the coffin lid for the once-great nation of the United States.

*FoxNews (9 June, 2016) FoxNews.com. Appeals court rules no constitutional right to carry concealed guns. Retrieved 9 June, 2016 from http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/06/09/appeals-court-rules-no-constitutional-right-to-carry-concealed-guns.html