Posted on 03/13/2017 5:19:13 AM PDT by marktwain
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed a lawsuit against five out-of-state companies he claims were selling kits, that contain the parts necessary to assemble normal capacity magazines of more than 10 rounds. From cbslocal.com:
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera Thursday sued five online gun equipment suppliers selling disassembled large-capacity ammunition magazines as “repair kits” in an alleged attempt to get around state laws.
The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco Superior Court, alleges that Badger Mountain Supply, 7.62 Precision, Shooters Plus, LAK Supply and Buymilsurp.com are engaging in unfair or fraudulent business practices and seeks penalties of $2,500 in penalties for each individual violation.
Possession of normal capacity magazines, that had been possessed before January 1, 2000, had been grandfathered in the law. Magazines do not have serial numbers, so it is very difficult to prove when they were purchased.
California has continued to restrict regular magazine ownership with stricter and stricter laws. There has been little enforcement. In 2013, Dennis Herrera filed a lawsuit against four companies that sold magazine parts kits.
Last year, California banned the possession of magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, starting in 2017. Some time is given to either convert or get rid of the standard capacity magazines.
It is not clear if unassembled kits containing the parts of standard capacity magazines, are legally considered the same as the assembled magazines. But the new law may make it illegal to bring such kits into California.
If a company is breaking the law, the normal course of action is to charge them with a crime. Using civil lawsuits allow governments to bypass normal Constitutional protections in criminal cases. They do not need warrants, or probable cause, to file a lawsuit. /p>
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You seem to prefer two outcomes only:
1. They stand up and shoot back, and are destroyed.
2. They “get the “snot sued out of them and it ultimately destroys them.”
I do not see how either of those outcomes helps us restore the Second Amendment.
I must be missing something. Please elaborate.
I did a search on ‘colorado gun shop magazine fix’ and came up with numerous articles and Denver TV news stories on it since 2014 so I don’t think you have to worry about hiding it from the libs.
A large majority of CO Sheriffs said they wouldn’t enforce any of our new gun laws anyway.
You missed #3. Ignore un-Constitutional laws and conduct business according to the 2nd Amendment, instead of licking the jackboots just to make a few $$$.
You missed #3. Ignore un-Constitutional laws and conduct business according to the 2nd Amendment, instead of licking the jackboots just to make a few $$$.
Your solution is?
Grow some balls. Be a man. Live up to the Founder's legacies. Act like a damned American, for cryin' out loud. Quit acting like a subject.
I suggest you read the Declaration of Independence.
It offers sage, time tested advice.
We just won a major election.
Reforms are moving forward legislatively.
We have not exhausted legislative solutions yet.
Read and studied it quite extensively, along with the caliber and history (and futures) of the men who signed it. The Founders would be sorely disappointed in us at this point.
Reforms are moving forward legislatively.
You mean, like Obamacare 2.0?
We just won a major election.
And unfortunately, it would appear that the Establishment is making inroads faster than "We the People".
We have not exhausted legislative solutions yet.
When legislation applies only to the subjects, and not the elites that pass it, we've exhausted legislative solutions.
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