Category: Legal
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May v. Bonta, Good news!
On December 20, 2023, District Court Judge Cormac J. Carney of the Southern District of California granted the plaintiffs (good guys) motion for a preliminary injunction. This enjoined (stopped) the state of California from enforcing California Senate Bill 2. This was the “every place is sensitive, no guns allowed” bill. Quoting Judge Carney, . SB2’s…
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Quick Recap of a few cases
Duncan v. Bonta 23-55805 (9th Cir). The 9th circuit granted a stay pending the outcome of the appeal. They will be hearing oral arguments on March 18, 2024. This means that The People living in California will be deprived of their civil rights until the 9th returns their opinion. This is sickening because the Supreme…
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A Take down of the Second Circuit Court’s Odious opinion
B.L.U.F. In reading some recent filings, I came across this excellent take down of the Second Circuit Court’s opinion. (1550 words) The following is mostly from plaintiffs (good guys) in Kipke v. Moore in the District Court of Maryland. As mentioned the other day, the state is using the opinion out of the Second Circuit…
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Bevis v. Naperville, (U.S.) 23A486
We have some bad news. The case which was put on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket asking for a writ of injunction has been denied. The total information we have currently is: Dec 14 2023 Application (23A486) referred to the Court. Application (23A486) for a writ of injunction pending certiorari presented to Justice Barrett and…
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The Cascade of Opinions
B.L.U.F. A quick update regarding some 2A cases kicking around. Touching on how bad case law begets bad case law. (1200 words) In June 2022, the Supreme Court issued the Bruen opinion. This case answered one question: Is New York’s “proper cause” requirement for a CCW constitutional? The Supreme Court answered with a resounding “NO!”.…
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As Applied?
B.L.U.F. What is the difference between an as applied challenge and a facial challenge to law? (1550 words) In Antonyuk v Hochul, the plaintiffs challenged parts of New York’s CCIA on facial grounds. This is to say, they claimed that the challenged legislation is always unconstitutional. For example, it has been established that a ban…
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Antonyuk v. Hochul (2nd Cir.)
B.L.U.F. This is the long-awaited opinion from the Second Circuit court regarding the CCIA challenges. This panel was anti-gun, there is nothing negative in the opinion that is surprising. What is surprising is that we won even a little bit. The plaintiffs will either request an en banc rehearing or take it to the Supreme…
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National Association for Gun Right v. Naperville, Application for Injunction at Supreme Cour
B.L.U.F. The state filed their reply in opposition to having the Seventh Circuit Court’s denial of an injunction on the Illinois gun and magazine ban overturned. This was done on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket. Justice Barrett required a response from the state, by 1700 Wed. Which they did file. The application and reply will…
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Maryland Shall Issue, Inc v. Wes Moore, 4th Cir.
B.L.U.F. Senior Circuit Judge Keene wrote the dissent in this case. She is unhappy with the majority opinion because that opinion would find most, if not all gun-control regulations, unconstitutional. Because this goes against her agenda, she latches onto footnote 9 of the Bruen opinion to justify why any set of objective hoops placed to…
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Judge Ho Submits his Opinion in Rahimi
B.L.U.F. Circuit Judge Ho of the Fifth Circuit writes a letter to the Supreme Court explaining what they did in Rahimi and why the Fifth Circuit’s opinion should stand. (1600 words) When I read some arguments made by the state, I want to scream about how bad those arguments actually are. The more I read…