While claiming that a magazine that holds over ten rounds is not an arm, the majority asserts that a magazine that holds ten or less is an arm because it “is necessary to the ordinary operation” of the firearm “as intended.”
The lawsuit was filed on the basis that the tax is unconstitutional because it does not pass a “means-end” test handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 2022 Bruen decision.
Sheriff Luna may try to slow walk the federal investigators’ progress and keep them from finding and reporting the truth, which would be futile. What Bondi didn’t say is that the Special Litigation Section has never lost a case—not a single one.
Back in the day, the Court would determine whether a film was obscene by watching it. Here too, the Court adopts a “know-it-when-you-see-it” approach to determine whether a kit qualifies as a “weapon.” Justice Stewart would be proud.
“They are accusing Smith & Wesson of marketing practices aimed at teens and younger people which is nonsense. This legal action appears solely designed to cost the company millions of dollars in an attempt to drive it out of business.”
Under Trump’s executive order, AG Bondi and ATF Acting Director Patel are now expected to vacate all Biden-era ATF rules and release a full report on the damage done by Biden’s gun control agenda. Gun owners didn’t elect President Trump to tinker around the edges of federal gun control. They elected him to dismantle it.
While the challenged laws do not explicitly “ban” the noncommercial expression that takes place at gun shows; by outlawing firearm and ammunition sales—the financial underpinning of gun shows— California effectively bans the events on state-owned property altogether.
Susan Crawford’s record as a judge and as a prosecutor aligns with the incongruous position of the most ardent of anti-gun radicals: soft on criminals, yet all too ready to penalize law-abiding gun owners.
On March 27, President Donald J. Trump signed a wide-ranging executive order titled, “Making the District of Columbia Safe and
Patrick Adamiak has appealed, but the Justice Department is now taking the position that the Supreme Court’s VanDerStok ruling supports its stance and is asking the Court of Appeals to affirm the conviction.
