The Volokh Conspiracy - Judges Kozinski, Kleinfeld, and Rawlinson Weigh in on the Second Amendment on Airplanes:

From U.S. v. Davis (Nov. 21) (unpublished and unsigned); recall that Judges Kozinski and Kleinfeld endorsed the individual rights view of the Second Amendment even before D.C. v. Heller (in their dissents from denial of rehearing en banc in Silveira v. Lockyer, and in Judge Kleinfeld's similar dissent in Nordyke v. King):

We affirm James S. Davis's conviction and sentence for fraud and carrying a concealed weapon on an airplane. Davis got through security with a handgun underneath his jacket because he impersonated a federal Customs Agent.

Davis challenges the constitutionality of 49 U.S.C. § 46505, relying on District of Columbia v. Heller, 128 S. Ct. 2783 (2008). The Supreme Court specified that nothing in that opinion was intended to cast doubt on the prohibition of concealed weapons in sensitive places. Id. at 2816-17....

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	[Eugene Volokh, November 25, 2008 at 5:35pm] Trackbacks Judges Kozinski, Kleinfeld, and Rawlinson Weigh in on the Second Amendment on Airplanes: From U.S. v. Davis (Nov. 21) (unpublished and unsigned); recall that Judges Kozinski and Kleinfeld endorsed the individual rights view of the Second Amendment even before D.C. v. Heller (in their dissents from denial of rehearing en banc in Silveira v. Lockyer, and in Judge Kleinfeld's similar dissent in Nordyke v. King): We affirm James S. Davis's conviction and sentence for fraud and carrying a concealed weapon on an airplane. Davis got through security with a handgun underneath his jacket because he impersonated a federal Customs Agent. Davis challenges the constitutionality of 49 U.S.C. § 46505, relying on District of Columbia v. Heller, 128 S. Ct. 2783 (2008). The Supreme Court specified that nothing in that opinion was intended to cast doubt on the prohibition of concealed weapons in sensitive places. Id. at 2816-17.... All Related Posts (on one page) \| Some Related Posts: Felons and the Right To Bear Arms: Interesting Tenth Circuit Concurring Opinion on the Right To Bear Arms and Felons: Pipe Bombs Unprotected by the Second Amendment:... A Fairly Detailed Discussion of the Second Amendment and Domestic Restraining Orders: Judges Kozinski, Kleinfeld, and Rawlinson Weigh in on the Second Amendment on Airplanes: The NRA Clinging to Guns and Pro-Immigrant Sentiment:... One More Early Post-Heller Second Amendment Opinion: Another Early Post-Heller Second Amendment Case: One of The First Post-Heller Second Amendment Opinions: