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.
For decades prior to the 2020 election, club members had been using a wide array of rifle and pistol ranges at Fort Devens free of charge. The Joe Biden took office.
The prospect of the Department of Justice moving to protect individuals’ rights — and gun rights in particular — has come a shock to the system of the civilian disarmament industrial complex.
The ruling from the high court said any firearms kit that is “capable of being readily….converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive” is covered under the Gun Control Act.
Franklin Armory has been battling the characterization of their Reformation as a short barrel shotgun by the ATF for years, but they’ve now secured a resounding win. Despite ATF’s best efforts, the Reformation is back and ready for the market.
VanDyke is in a unique position here. As a judge rather than a party to the case, he can do pretty much whatever he wants. And he’s using that power to say the majority is using the rule against judges bringing outside facts to cover up their real goal.
If Duncan were to be denied cert, that would mean the terrible Ninth Circuit ruling would go into effect. Thousands of Californians would have to give up millions of their Freedom Week magazines. Inevitably, many of them would refuse.
