Washington, July 03: The Supreme Court is being asked to overturn an appeals court ruling that said the Constitution does not guarantee people a personal right to own a gun. The court's past rulings on second amendment gun rights - many in the 1800s - are a mess that should be straightened out when the justices return from their summer break, an appeal being filed today at the court said.


The appeal relates to one of two closely watched cases from the liberal-leaning 9th US Circuit Court of appeals in San Francisco. The high court will also decide later this year whether to review a 9th circuit ruling that banned teacher-led reciting of the pledge of allegiance in public schools because of the phrase "under god."

The gun case challengers are rugby teammates and friends. They include a police swat officer, a purple heart recipient, a former marine sniper, a parole officer and a stockbroker. They had sued the state over laws banning high-powered weapons.

"Citizens need the second amendment for protection of their families, homes and businesses," their attorney and rugby teammate Gary Gorski wrote in the appeal of a ruling that upheld California's assault weapons ban.
The second amendment states, "a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." US Supreme Court urged to end drought on gun rights cases. Bureau Report