The 9th Circuit on Tuesday upheld California's ban on standard capacity magazines that hold more than 10 rounds and rejected claims that forcing owners of such magazines to rid themselves of them amount to a taking under the Fifth Amendment. "[T]he ban on legal possession of large-capacity magazines reasonably supports California’s effort to reduce the […]
Late last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that would give "gun violence researchers" access to the name and address of just about every gun owner in the state, along with a complete list of firearms they own along with their ammunition and, when the underlying provision becomes law, gun parts purchases. […]
A friend recently pointed me to this old NPR Radiolab Podcast "More Perfect - The Gun Show" that is a little more than an hourlong podcast that purports to trace the "history" of the belief that the Second Amendment confers an individual right to firearm ownership to a coup in the National Rifle Association leadership […]
On Friday, Judge Roger T. Benitez issued a 94-page opinion striking down California's more than 30 year ban on "assault weapons." The ruling comes as little surprise, with Benitez proving himself over the past several years as a jurist who takes the Second Amendment and the Supreme Court's Heller decision seriously having struck down California's ban […]
