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Tag: Second Amendment Foundation
SAF Legal Updates
One Step Forward…
The Second Amendment Foundation has been granted summary judgement in a federal challenge of California’s One-Gun-A-Month (OGM) purchase law. U.S. District Judge William Q. Hayes stayed his decision for 30 days for the defendants to facilitate an appeal. [More]
And thumbing noses at Bruen will drag on and on and on with the hopes that Republicans blow the election and Democrats can reshape SCOTUS to reverse it.
The Supreme Court has no power to enforce its decisions. It cannot call out the troops or compel Congress or the president to obey. The Court relies on the executive and legislative branches to carry out its rulings. In some cases, the Supreme Court has been unable to enforce its rulings.
I’d need a lawyer to weigh in on whether they could charge inferior court judges with contempt for disregarding their rulings, and they’d still be dependent on the other branches. I fear the only “legal” remedy is impeachment, for which Republicans have neither the power nor the appetite.
So now we have to see what Hayes says in a month, and then see who initiates an appeal, then lather, rinse, repeat.
Paved with Good Intentions
The brief recalls how Congress enacted the Gun Control Act of 1968 pursuant to the Commerce Clause with no intention of discouraging or eliminating the private ownership or use of firearms by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes. [More]
That’s not how the bill’s author felt:
ALL “gun control” is just another incremental step to the end goal– citizen disarmament. We don’t do ourselves any favors by believing otherwise and arguing that in court.
SAF Legal Updates
A Word of Caution
Attorneys representing the Second Amendment Foundation and its partners in a federal challenge of the Illinois ban on modern semi-auto firearms and “large-capacity magazines” have filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking certiorari in the case of Harrel v. Raoul. [More]
Be careful that you don’t turn “common use” into a precedential limitation.
Back for Another Round
The Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms have once again petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari in their continuing challenge of Maryland’s ban on so-called “assault weapons.” [More]
How much longer can they avoid the inevitable?
Pot Shots
The Second Amendment Foundation and a District Attorney in Pennsylvania have filed a federal lawsuit against Attorney General Merrick Garland, the heads of the FBI and ATF, and the U.S. Government, challenging the federal prohibition on gun ownership by medical marijuana users. [More]
There’s a Eugene Stoner joke in here somewhere…
Until such time as the smoke clears, I trust no one is making purchases with a credit card…?
An Age-Old Question
The Second Amendment Foundation won an important court victory in a challenge of a state law prohibiting young adults in the 18-20-year age group from open carrying a firearm during a declared state of emergency. [More]
So what is this, Stockholm Syndrome…?
It’s Not About Guns
SAF FILES SCOTUS AMICUS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF NRA 1st AMENDMENT SUIT [More]
It’s not just the Second Amendment Democrats hate.
News in Brief
The Second Amendment Foundation has submitted an amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs in a federal challenge of California’s ban on so-called “large-capacity magazines” in a case known as Duncan v. Bonta. [More]
I look at the last post and then I look at this and note how the the provokers smear us as the violent ones.
Related UPDATE
Twenty-five states file brief against California’s unconstitutional firearm magazine ban [More]
Tangentially Related UPDATE
SAF FILES AMICUS BRIEF IN PA GUN RIGHTS DENIAL CASE
That’s from Alan Gottlieb’s email. The post isn’t up yet, but when it is you can get the link from SAF’s “News” page.
Two from SAF
Abhorrent, Disgusting, Odious, Vile…
Noting that California’s “sensitive places” law severely restricting lawful concealed carry is “sweeping, repugnant to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant of the Supreme Court,” a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against the law’s enforcement. [More]
It’s not just the Second Amendment subversive prohibitionists are repugnant to…
Big Brother is Watching You
The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit in California challenging that state’s law requiring firearms dealers to video record all transactions, calling it a violation of First, Second, Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. [More]
What’s that saying about 1984 being an instruction manual…?
Democrats are literally totalitarians.
Thinking Outside the Dox
Faulty Premises
The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit against the Cortland, N.Y. Housing Authority, alleging Second Amendment violations by prohibiting tenants from possessing firearms on CHA premises. [More]
A few years back I found one in Ohio that does that, but I’m not a lawyer and don’t know anyone who lives there to see if they want to be a plaintiff:
Also from SAF:
A federal appeals court has struck down a New York state law requiring private property owners to post signs allowing concealed carry on property open to the public as part of a massive decision dealing with several separate challenges of the Empire State’s post-Bruen gun control legislation. [More]
Huh. Second Circuit did something right in all its wrong…
Standing Up to Thugs
The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff and California Attorney General Rob Bonta challenging the constitutionality of carry permit issuance policies and laws that make it difficult, if not impossible, for citizens to obtain permits. Joining SAF are the California Rifle & Pistol Association, Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California and several private citizens. [More]
Put another way, they’re taking on the kingpin who knows where they live and local armed gang members.
An Age-Old Question
A federal district court judge in West Virginia has ruled that a federal law prohibiting handgun sales to 18-20-year-olds is “facially unconstitutional,” and granted a summary judgment in a case brought by the Second Amendment Foundation. [More]
Look for the grabbers to blame this for crimes by “teens.”
Back this Blue?
Attorneys representing the Second Amendment Foundation and its partners in a challenge to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s effort to conduct warrantless searches and seizures from licensed firearms retailers in the county have filed a brief in response to objections by the defendants, in support of an application for summary relief. [More]
Fiend Friendly
A sign at the door of the bowling alley says, “We kindly ask that you refrain from bringing firearms in this building and we would appreciate it if you left them in your vehicle. Please keep our atmosphere family friendly.” That notice did not stop the suspect from entering and opening fire. [More]
I’d go further and suggest it encouraged him that his chances of success were increased.
A federal judge in California has granted a preliminary injunction in a Second Amendment Foundation challenge of two California statutes prohibiting gun shows at the Orange County Fairgrounds and on state-owned property, while denying a requested stay to allow the state time to file an appeal.
