{"id":78235,"date":"2021-06-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=78235"},"modified":"2021-06-06T14:12:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T19:12:35","slug":"flush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=78235","title":{"rendered":"Flush"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A decision Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2021\/06\/05\/californias-assault-weapon-ban-unconstitutional-says-federal-judge\/?fbclid=IwAR1rP2L3fcrNGlpxoOv4MRHkwgsbC5nS-_7F-QCNxYO3-UB_6FJon5Yq2k0\">undercut the legal basis of California&#8217;s &#8220;assault weapon&#8221; ban<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>California&#8217;s 32-year-old ban on a certain class of semi-automatic rifles colloquially known as &#8220;assault weapons&#8221; was declared unconstitutional yesterday in the case of\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Miller_v_Bonta_Opinion.pdf\">Miller v. Bonta<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>At the same time, the Biden administration wants to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2021\/04\/08\/joe-biden-learns-to-love-gun-control-by-presidential-fiat\/\">impose similar restrictions federally<\/a>.<\/p><p>The decision does not instantly nullify the enforcement of the law. &#8220;Because this case involves serious questions going to the merits, a temporary stay is in the public interest,&#8221; concludes the decision, which was penned by U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez for the Southern District of California. The injunction that would force California to stop enforcing its ban is therefore &#8220;stayed for 30 days during which time the Attorney General may appeal and seek a stay from the Court of Appeals.&#8221;<\/p><p>The state&#8217;s attorney general, Rob Bonta, has already\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/news\/press-releases\/attorney-general-bonta-responds-court-decision-miller-v-bonta\">announced his intention to appeal<\/a>\u2014and the 9th Circuit, which will consider that appeal, is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/search\/9th%20circuit%20appeals%20second%20amendment\/\">not reliably supportive of the Second Amendment<\/a>. But Benitez&#8217;s reasoning remains for other jurists to draw on in other cases, especially if Biden continues his interest in banning certain kinds of rifles.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The 9th Circuit will overturn the decision.  Which will likely go to the SCOTUS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At which point the <em>New York Rifle and Pistol<\/em> case will have ended in a preceded applying strict scrutiny to state gun laws. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gun rights are a marathon, not a sprint.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If only ever conservative cause could learn the lessons the 2nd Amendment movement teaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A decision Friday undercut the legal basis of California&#8217;s &#8220;assault weapon&#8221; ban: California&#8217;s 32-year-old ban on a certain class of semi-automatic rifles colloquially known as &#8220;assault weapons&#8221; was declared unconstitutional yesterday in the case of\u00a0Miller v. Bonta.\u00a0At the same time, the Biden administration wants to\u00a0impose similar restrictions federally. 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