CA gov candidate Jerry Brown amicus/Chicago ban

[OttavaKarhu]

How did I miss this back in July? Did any of you see it? Matier and Ross picked up on it in today's SF Gate.

What scares me: Kamala Harris running for CA AG.

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/23/BAFI1AO83D.DTL

...Attorney General and gubernatorial hopeful Jerry Brown has gone to bat for the National Rifle Association.

The NRA's cause: urging the U.S. Supreme Court to guarantee the ability of gun owners across the land to keep and bear arms.

Last year, the high court struck down a ban on handguns in Washington, D.C., ruling for the first time that the Second Amendment's right to bear arms applies to individuals who keep a gun at home for self-defense. But the court made it clear the ruling applied only to the District of Columbia, a federal enclave.

Now, gun advocates are challenging Chicago's handgun ban, asking the Supreme Court to rule that the Second Amendment equally applies to the states. And there was no shortage of states - 34 in all - jumping on the bandwagon in support of the court hearing the case.

In July, before the court agreed to take the case, Brown went so far as to file his own friend-of-the-court brief asking that Chicago's gun ban be overturned - arguing that if the court doesn't act, "California citizens could be deprived of the constitutional right to possess handguns in their homes."

His stance has angered a number of gun control proponents.

[jeepnstein]

1. I'm proud to say...

I voted for him in a Presidential Primary.

[PavePusher]

2. "California citizens could be deprived of the constitutional right to possess handguns in their home

Now, if only more Cali citizens had the right to bear them outside their homes...

[paulsby]

7. fwiw, california citizens

do, as long as they carry openly and unloaded.

i find that totally bizarre

[spin]

3. K&R A real Democrat...

who realizes gun ownership is very liberal and progressive.

[Hoopla Phil]

4. K and R

[cowcommander]

5. From California no less

Wow! Pretty balsy for a California democrat.

[paulsby]

6. he's gone to bat for the constitution

not the NRA.

duh.

it amazes me (actually not) that the left sounds almost EXACTLY like the right when it comes to guns, in terms of the rhetoric.

note that the right would say that brown was going to bat for the ACLU if he supported their position on a civil rights issue

this article says that brown is going to bat for the NRA.

it's the same silly rhetoric. brown correctly believes that the 2nd amendment should be incorporated to the states, just like the other amendments. it really is a no brainer

good for jerry brown. this is a man i can respect even when i disagree with him, because i know he thinks through issues and doesn't kneejerk.

[Merchant Marine]

8. Most of the gun owners I know support Brown

Republicans too. Brown is the most pro-RKBA out of any of the candidates.