Second Amendment Under Attack In San Francisco

A San Francisco gun control law was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. The justices rejected a Second Amendment challenge by gun rights advocates. The activists were fighting a San Francisco gun regulation that mandates gun owners keep their firearms disabled or locked away while stored in their own homes. The San Francisco gun control regulation was approved in 2007.

The San Francisco gun law infringes on the Second Amendment and limits the ability of residents to defend themselves, gun rights activists maintain. An armed intruder is not likely to wait while a gun owner unlocks his or her gun. The court declined a request to hear an appeal field by the National Rifle Association (NRA) and gun owners in the Jackson v. San Francisco, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 14-704 case. Click here to read more about the San Francisco gun control case.