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California’s assault weapons ban is dead, and no one is less safe for it
Washington Examiner, via MSN ^ | Jun. 10, 2021 | Robert Schmad

Posted on 06/10/2021 5:28:38 PM PDT by libstripper

Last Friday, a San Diego-based federal court overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on so-called assault weapons. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez sided with a number of gun advocacy groups challenging the law, finding that firearms prohibited in the state of California are protected under Supreme Court precedent.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2damendment; awb; banglist; ca; rtkba
Good article.
1 posted on 06/10/2021 5:28:38 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: libstripper

“and no one is less safe for it”

The bad guys are less safe.


2 posted on 06/10/2021 5:31:17 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: libstripper

New some Appealing today.


3 posted on 06/10/2021 5:32:33 PM PDT by mplc51 ( )
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To: libstripper

It is an exceptionally well written opinion.
The 9th Circus will have to go against Supreme Court precedent to overturn.


4 posted on 06/10/2021 5:37:35 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: libstripper

Great win for the 2nd.


5 posted on 06/10/2021 5:40:47 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: libstripper
SCOTUS resolved this particular matter a few years ago in Caetano v Massachusetts...by a 9-0 vote. And the law that had been stuck down by that vote had been upheld by the highest state court in Massachusetts (the Supreme Judicial Court).

Kalifornia...Massachusetts...contempt for Constitutional rights is easy to find.

6 posted on 06/10/2021 6:03:37 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: libstripper

“Good article.”

Bad article. The ban is still in effect pending appeals.


7 posted on 06/10/2021 6:19:55 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: libstripper

Take that you California Communist Legislative members.

A big F U to you and the assh—e that signed it into law.


8 posted on 06/10/2021 6:20:38 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Folks, if you haven't yet, please start an automatic monthly for Jim and his crew.)
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To: TexasGator

Thirty days... only...


9 posted on 06/10/2021 6:21:14 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Folks, if you haven't yet, please start an automatic monthly for Jim and his crew.)
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To: libstripper

I won’t believe it’s dead until it’s buried at the crossroads with a stake through its heart.


10 posted on 06/10/2021 6:22:56 PM PDT by Sooth2222 (“Taxation without representation is tyranny.” -James Otis (1761))
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To: DoughtyOne
Thirty days... only...

Thirty days is just to allow the state time to appeal. Once the state appeals, the stay will be indefinite. It will take a couple years, and the 9th will likely reverse Judge Benitez. A couple years later, SCOTUS may decide to hear the case, or not...

Judge Benitez's slapdown of CA's magazine capacity limit in Duncan v Becerra was 2 years ago, and it was recently upheld by a 9th Circus 3 judge panel, only to be vacated again. Now we wait for an en banc review by the full 9th. All the while, the stay remains in place, and Californians are denied 2nd amendment rights.

Now, if the en banc review of Duncan v Becerra goes our way, then the AWB might go down in flames also. That's the case to watch and see where the 9th stands.

11 posted on 06/10/2021 7:05:39 PM PDT by ETCM
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To: ETCM

Thanks for the explanation.


12 posted on 06/10/2021 7:29:58 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Folks, if you haven't yet, please start an automatic monthly for Jim and his crew.)
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To: Sooth2222

See its because of people like you that the US is full of vengeful vampires.

That only works for some western vampires.

This is California therefor there is likely Chinese money involved in the ban and likely then a jiangshi.

Your best bet is to nail seven jujube seeds into the acupuncture points on the back of the corpse.


13 posted on 06/10/2021 9:02:08 PM PDT by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: ETCM

Seems like an accurate summary of events both past and future.

I will say that I’m encouraged that this particular Supreme Court may actually take up a case like this. There are bans in various parts of the country that have had their day in court. Ideally, the 9th Circus would uphold this ruling and California would appeal to the Supreme Court. You then have a state appealing (which is always a powerful draw for SCOTUS intervention) and a hard circuit split. But it’s a crapshoot with the 9th Circus. It’s such a large circuit that you never know exactly who will wind up hearing a case. And en banc is a whole other can of worms.

Anyway, we definitely have the votes to strike this law dead at the SCOTUS. We just have to hope they’re willing to take up the case at all. I would love nothing more than to see expansive binding precedent that this kind of nonsense doesn’t fly.


14 posted on 06/10/2021 10:36:15 PM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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