In Mehl v. Blanas, 08-15773, the Ninth Circuit yesterday affirmed the EDCA court's ruling in favor of Sacramento County in a challenge to its policy regarding licenses to carry concealed firearms. The plaintiffs had claimed the policy, as applied to them, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In footnote 2, the Court explained that plaintiffs clarified at oral argument that they did not challenge the licensing scheme as violating the Second Amendment.