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Posted on 11/03/2023 4:23:48 AM PDT by marktwain
A California federal court judge has ordered a preliminary injunction against enforcement of two California statutes. The statutes ban gun shows at the Orange County Fairgrounds and on any state property in California. Gun shows have been very popular in California for decades.
A Crossroads of the West Gun Show scheduled for November of 2020 was canceled due to Covid 19.
Crossroads of the West, an enormous gun show, has held them in Orange County for over 30 years. They held a show there as late as November 2021.
According to gun show owner Bob Templeton, in the video above, the gun show in Orange County contributed over a million dollars to Orange County revenue. According to Tracy Olcott, who is taking over the Crossroads Gun Show from her parents, the show had been held at the Orange County Fairgrounds for 35 years. The Court record shows Crossroads has had a gun show at the Orange County Fairgrounds every year for the past 30 years. Tracy made the case in the video that the proposed legislation is aimed at a particular viewpoint and at preventing people of like minds from assembling together. In essence, the statues are aimed at destroying the American gun culture.
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Have there been ANY shootings? Or signifigant crimes that have taken place at this event over the course of 30+ years?
Judge Holcomb nominated by President Donald J Trump in 2019.
Great news...a California judge is sane!!
I feel sorry for good people - or shady lowlife types who love the USA, like me - who live in CA. Starting to feel the same way about Colorado. This place just totally sucks.
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A lot of the bigger, national gun shows died out after the advent of the internet. I used to go up to Louisville KY twice a year. I lived in Norcross GA for a while, and there were some big shows with a lot the major dealers from all over with nice guns. Now most shows are just local, with black guns and swap meet type junk for sale. I still hear people talk about Tulsa and Las Vegas, so I guess there are a few big shows left.
Your opening position SHOULD NOT BE to defend gun shows as attacks on the 2nd Amendment, defend them first as attacks on your 1st Amendment right to peaceably assemble.
Because if you defend them on 2A grounds and lose, your 2A rights are screwed. The Antis will have a harder time arguing against the 1A violations because 1A doesn't carry 2A's stigma with the hoopleheads.
And if the 1A argument should fail, you've still got 2A as a back-up. It's the same concept as "defense in depth."
First Amendment to the United States Constitution:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Gosh - a sane Kalifornia Judge....
Been held for 35 years and probably zero incidents at or because of it....but it’s “dangerous” according to politicians - when will they ban Hillary - she’s killed more people than Kalifornia gun shows....
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