Maybe judges shouldn’t get lifetime appointments (barf alert)

latimes via Las Vegas Sun ^ | 8 june 2021 | George Skelton

[rellimpank]

The U.S. district judge began his 94-page ruling sanctioning the AR-15 assault rifle for home and militia use by equating it with a Swiss Army knife.

Yes, you read that correctly.

And it’s all you need to know about the quality of the judge’s tortured opinion — even if it is ultimately upheld, heaven forbid, by the conservative U.S. Supreme Court.

But come on, that couldn’t actually happen. Right?

We’ll probably find out.

This is how San Diego-based federal Judge Roger Benitez — the gun lobby’s best friend in recent years — began his opinion:

“Like the Swiss Army Knife, the popular AR-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment. Good for home and battle …

“Yet, the State of California makes it a crime to have an AR-15 type rifle. Therefore, this court declares the Californian statutes to be unconstitutional.”

And just like that, the judge threw out California’sthree-decade-old ban on assault weapons. He granted a 30-day stay while the state appeals.

[rellimpank]

--the usual blather by a scribbler for the LA Times--

[Seruzawa]

[G Larry]

Hey George!

Define "Assault Rifle".

[jdsteel]

Not to mention the term “assault weapon” is meaningless.

[escapefromboston]

Like totally ! Can you like believe it!?? Gag me with a spoon ! SMH

[Campion]

The left loves judicial tyranny, as long as it enacts their agenda.

[teeman8r]

and just like that, the second amendment was reborn.

hehehe. shall not be infringed means just that.

no one says you have to bear arms, and what you do with them can be against the law. that is the trick in a free society.

[Lurkinanloomin]

The “conservative” Supreme Court has TWO conservatives on it.

[Hojczyk]

There should be an age limit....for all of them judges, senators and house....all government workers

[Little Ray]

How ‘bout “reduced power, magazine fed, selective fire rifle.”
If it uses a normal rifle cartridge, like 7.62 NATO, it is a ‘battle rifle’ instead.
At least that seems to be the only definition I can come up with that works.

[Red Badger]

Maybe Newspapers should not have 1st Amendment protections................ See how they like them apples!............

[SaxxonWoods]

Well, just until more Democrats are appointed, right?

[Red Badger]

A sharp stick could be an ‘assault’ weapon......................

[OttawaFreeper]

This columnist, of course, does not want to bother telling people that the perpetrator of the Stockton murders was long known to law enforcement and mental health authorities and that the mental health system let him walk and that he cleared California’s waiting periods on legal firearms acquisitions because he had crimes involving threats and illegal discharge of a firearm plea bargained away by the courts.

[Leaning Right]

> A sharp stick could be an ‘assault’ weapon...................... <

Please refer to this handy chart from 2014 for clarification.

[frank ballenger]

Crying Asian woman gif....

I just heard the news, Ruth Bader Ginsberg is, is....dead.

[frank ballenger]

The “conservative” Supreme Court has TWO conservatives on it.

Each one eyeing the other suspiciously and wondering who's gonna make the break first.

[foreverfree]

Does this mean that you, rellimpank, are actually in favor of lifetime judiciary appointments? If not, the barf alert makes the thread title misleading (although the main portion of the tt is the column's headline).

ff

[Persevero]

I’d actually favor mandatory retirement at age 70

[Liaison]

I always wanted my AR to come with a can opener and spoon option. Maybe a nail file for those broken nails I always get speed-loading magazines.