▁lic ens ing ▁policies ▁or ▁allow ▁conce aled ▁carry ▁without ▁a ▁permit . ▁ ▁The ▁case ▁was ▁appe aled ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Supreme ▁Court , ▁which ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁denied ▁the ▁writ ▁of ▁cert ior ari , ▁leaving ▁the ▁N inth ▁Circ uit ' s ▁en ▁b anc ▁opinion ▁in ▁place . ▁ ▁Re ason ing ▁The ▁court ▁review ed ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁gun ▁control ▁cases ▁in ▁which ▁laws ▁forb idd ing ▁the ▁conce aled ▁carry ▁of ▁weapons ▁were ▁involved . ▁They ▁covered ▁a ▁time ▁period ▁from ▁ 1 2 9 9 ▁( in ▁England ) ▁to ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 0 0 s ▁US ▁Supreme ▁Court . ▁The ▁majority ▁opinion ▁was ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁an ▁" over wh el ming ▁cons ensus " ▁of ▁historical ▁case ▁dec isions ▁establish ing ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁never ▁a ▁time ▁in ▁history ▁when ▁courts ▁believed ▁that ▁states ▁could ▁not ▁prohib it ▁conce aled ▁carry . ▁Con sequently , ▁they ▁concluded ▁it ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁a ▁viol ation ▁of ▁the ▁long - standing ▁interpretation ▁of ▁the ▁Second ▁Am end ment . ▁ ▁The ▁minor ity ▁argued ▁that ▁a ▁prohib ition ▁on ▁conce aled ▁carry ▁for ▁the ▁general ▁public , ▁accompanied ▁by ▁a ▁similar ▁prohib ition ▁on ▁open ▁carry , ▁was ▁a ▁de ▁fact o ▁gun ▁ban , ▁and ▁therefore ▁is ▁un const itution al ▁under ▁District ▁of ▁Columbia ▁v . ▁H eller . ▁ ▁Details ▁Under ▁San ▁Diego ' s ▁policy , ▁a ▁typical ▁citiz en ▁in ▁San ▁Diego ▁County ▁cannot