Category: History

  • Why are there no juries in these 2A cases?

    We were asked “Why don’t we see juries involved in all of these Second Amendment cases? The simple answer is “they are not needed”. Read on for why. Court cases are decided in two different ways, on the merits of the case, and procedurally. Consider the question “Does the District of Columbia’s restriction on having…

  • Is Barrel Proofing an Analogous Regulation?

    It was suggested by it’s just Boris that a founding era firearm safety requirement could be used to support the California Roster system. In particular, they suggested that proof testing would be a close enough match. It isn’t. Proofing a firearm is entirely different from the idea of requiring or forbidding features. The original proofing…

  • Words are hard

    Everything in this article that is not a quote is my understanding. I AM NOT A LAWYER so the odds of me getting something wrong is non-zero. In Boland v. Bonta: Another District Court Win “UHA” I quoted and wrote. I have no idea what all of this means. IANAL. FOURTH AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE The Complaint,…