Three years ago, SCOTUS ruled in New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. Bruen that the Second Amendment is not a second-class right. Regrettably, not every state got the message.
How is this going to flesh out? We’ll have to see if the AGs are granted a sweeping nationwide injunction on the settlement. Or maybe this will all be a waste of taxpayer funds on another politically motivated frivolous lawsuit.
The Democratic National Committee has had their fill of young gun control activist and DNC vice-chair David Hogg, who was
Anti-gun logic: Mass murderers use silencers (they don’t) so their victims can’t hear the gun shots (from bullets that go
Antigun state governors tout their “leadership” and push to pass more gun control, but they ignore flaws in crime reporting data while dismissively ignoring law-abiding Americans using firearms in self-defense to deter criminals.
The case revolves around Jamond M. Rush, who was charged with being in possession of an unregistered SBR. He has been convicted and sentenced to 30 months in prison “for possessing a firearm that is in common use for lawful purposes.”
“The California AG’s classification of forced reset triggers (FRT) as illegal ‘multiburst trigger activators’ expands the law’s intent and is typical of the state’s approach to interpreting all gun laws as broadly as possible to criminalize gun ownership.”
As the Court dithers, Rhode Islanders with magazines holding more than ten rounds and Marylanders owning a banned “assault rifle” face real felony charges. Those are charges that aren’t applicable to citizens in most of the rest of the United States.
Bruen has created an asymmetric battlefield. Because the government bears the burden of justifying its restrictions—and good historical research is expensive—well-funded gun rights groups have a leg up.
As the U.S. Senate begins work on the House-passed reconciliation bill—cheekily dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” gun owners nationwide
