“Californians have the constitutional right to acquire and use state-of-the-art handguns to protect themselves,” he wrote. “They should not be forced to settle for decade-old models of handguns to ensure that they remain safe inside or outside the home.” [More]
But Rob Bonta says it’s still going to be enforced for two weeks until the injunction goes into effect.
You gotta wonder at what point these tyrants can be shown to be premeditatedly abusing the powers of their offices to discriminate against citizens’ rights and be held criminally accountable.
[Via Jess]
From the summary of TITLE 18, U.S.C., SECTION 242 Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law:
“Section 242 of Title 18 makes it a crime for a person acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.”
https://www.justice.gov/crt/deprivation-rights-under-color-law
Would this not apply to Bonta and his minions?
In light of Bruen, I’ve actually got that question in to some of my advisers.
If you look at the usage history of this section, I am told that it has been used by the federal government to sue other governments (primarily state government agents or agencies, such as Stacey Koon and his fellows), but has zero history of ever being successfully used by any citizen to sue any government.
“They should not be forced to settle for decade-old models of handguns to ensure that they remain safe inside or outside the home.”
OTOH, there isn’t much you can do with a state of the art, polymer framed, striker fired pistol that you can’t do with a Browning P35, a design rapidly approaching its 100th year of existence.
Shhh! 🙂