Category: Legal
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Argument: It is not an “arm” under the Second Amendment?
B.L.U.F. An analysis/opinion of the State’s attempt to move certain arms out from the protection of the Second Amendment. This is a long running argument from the anti-gun rights people. The gist is always of the “this modern thing didn’t exist in 1791 so it isn’t covered by the second amendment.” These same people are…
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Rupp v. Bonta — Part 3 – Revised
This article is a revision of Rupp v. Bonta — Part 3 – UPDATED I got Duncan v. Bonta mixed up with Rupp v. Bonta and wrote about magazine bans in this case when in fact this case is about semi-auto rifle bans. You can follow the link to read the original. The only changes…
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Why are they arguing outside of Bruen
B.L.U.F. A thought exercise in why the state is producing so many opinions that don’t seem to matter within the bounds of the Bruen opinion. Maybe it is because they are attacking a particular clause in Bruen There is a classic scene in most cowboy and Indian movies where the new person is with the…
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Trying to understand liars
I wasn’t going to write about this but I was trying to understand citations and what was going on. The footnote is: Kleck Rebuttal Report, ¶¶7,11 and Deposition of Gary Kleck in Oregon Firearms Federation, Inc., et al., v. Brown, et al., taken on January 25, 2023, 20:22-21:3. — Supplemental Sur-Rebuttal Expert Report of Lucy…
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Rupp v. Bonta — Part 3 – UPDATED
This article has being revised. You can read the revision Rupp v. Bonta — Part 3 – Revised. I got Duncan v. Bonta mixed up with Rupp v. Bonta and wrote about magazine bans in this case when in fact this case is about semi-auto rifle bans. My confusion was increased because sometimes the experts…
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Bad Arguments: Overview
B.L.U.F. Overview of the types of arguments being made by the state to justify infringements. Start of a series. There are three identified arguments that are currently being presented by the state to justify their infringements. It isn’t within the scope of the Second Amendment It is just a fee/cost/expense, not a ban. There is…
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Cases we Lost: Fyock v. Sunnyvale 9th Circuit 2015
B.L.U.F. The 2008 Heller case was a huge win for us. Yet somehow it didn’t result in the changes in infringements we expected. This is one of the cases we lost which was used to keep infringing regulations in place. The court is stating the question they are answering. Short version, are large capacity magazine…
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How I write analysis posts
B.L.U.F. Fluff piece because I can’t stand reading another word of Bonta’s so called “experts” Through one of my feeds I get a notice of some case that is happening and interesting. If I’m very lucky there will be a link to that case in some way. Most of the time there is not. If…
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Rupp v. Bonta AWCA Part 2 of 3
Every court case starts with a question. This is the question that the court will answer. Sometimes the plaintiffs and defendants have different versions of the question The Second Amendment prohibits the government from banning bearable arms that are typically possessed by law-abiding, responsible citizens for lawful purposes. California bans a class of firearms that…
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Hardaway v. Nigerelli NY CCIA update
B.L.U.F. The DA for the County of Niagara, NY who is a defendant (bad guys) in this case has filed a brief saying with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals saying that parts of the CCIA are unconstitutional and that the District Judge got it right when they issued a preliminary injunction against the state…