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Originally posted by Lefty Sig:
I think I'll get a Left Handed Bula M14 repro. Didn't know they existed until a couple days ago.

With the nice wood stock that lacks a pistol grip and simple removal of the flash hider and replacement with a muzzle brake, it will become a harmless non-assault rifle.

But, But, It still has the EVIL 'Bayonet Lug'....Oh, the HORROR!
And the 'Thing that Goes Up'...

More briefs were due yesterday in this on-going case which has been returned to the circuit judge post Bruen.

The judge asked for the parties to cite relevant historical laws. In support of the AWB, the State of CA, submitted a Kentucky law that "Prohibited “negro, mulatto, or Indian” from possessing or carrying a gun, powder, shot, club, or other weapon or ammunition." This is one of several such blatantly racist laws cited from the late 1700's to support a current AWB.

Amazing to me that this is among the arguments the State AG is going with.

There is a lot of optimism regarding this case, as well as a separate case the deals with the magazine capacity restrictions.

From what I gather, the parties have two weeks to respond to the briefs submitted and then the matter goes to Judge for a decision. It seems clear to all that Benitez will rule, again, in favor of the 2A... Even Newsom stated recently that the AWB will be struck down in the coming weeks.

The conjecture is what will the 9th do with it? Being the 9th it is historically wise to assume the worst, but there is a lot of speculation that post-Bruen the 9th will have a far harder time trying to undo the decision by the circuit judge.

May have further good news in the next 4-6 weeks!

Newson seemed to think it's a foregone conclusion the ban will be trashed. And next the magazine ban. His words.

Not like a give a shit what he says or thinks. Just an indication.

Just saw this..judge applies Bruen and says the AWB is unconstitutional

https://www.newsmax.com/us/cal...23/10/20/id/1139077/

And yet another 10 day stay to allow the State to file another appeal.

How many times they gonna play this game?

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Originally posted by konata88:
What's the DOJ thought process here?

(1) All guns must be banned.
(2) Any court decision at odds with (1) must be appealed, and appealed, and appealed endlessly.

In short, kick the can down the road until such time as the composition of SCOTUS changes, the Second Amendment is repealed, i.e., wait for anything that brings (1) about.

Or the horse could talk. In the meantime, the Lefty Dems can raise funds on their implacable hostility to the Second Amendment.
God bless Saint Benitez!

1. Rules against AWB
2. Rules against magazine limits
3. Rules AGAIN against magazine limits after Bruen
4. Rules AGAIN against AWB after Bruen

His rulings are well worth reading for their reasoning and consistency.

I'm hoping this gets traction, ends up with a repeal and then helps us in the other commie states.

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Originally posted by MikeinNC:
Just saw this..judge applies Bruen and says the AWB is unconstitutional

https://www.newsmax.com/us/cal...23/10/20/id/1139077/

They rightly call him St. Benitez

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Originally posted by 911Boss:
And yet another 10 day stay to allow the State to file another appeal.

How many times they gonna play this game?

No kidding. I aint got the rest of someone else's lifetime.

I heard a good discussion on Gun Owners Radio.
If the state appeals, the Ninth Circuit will have to uphold the Benitez ruling being consistent with Bruen. That means the entire Ninth Circuit would be subject to the ruling, so WA and HI, not just CA. I hope I understood that correctly.

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Originally posted by sjtill:
I heard a good discussion on Gun Owners Radio.
If the state appeals, the Ninth Circuit will have to uphold the Benitez ruling being consistent with Bruen. That means the entire Ninth Circuit would be subject to the ruling, so WA and HI, not just CA. I hope I understood that correctly.

That would be nice, but one would have thought that the ninth circus would have had to uphold his decision on the magazine ban, though that is not looking likely. I just hope the composition of SCOTUS doesn’t change unfavorably before these two cases get there and that SCOTUS gives the ninth circus the smackdown that it so richly deserves.

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Originally posted by sjtill:
I heard a good discussion on Gun Owners Radio.
If the state appeals, the Ninth Circuit will have to uphold the Benitez ruling being consistent with Bruen. That means the entire Ninth Circuit would be subject to the ruling, so WA and HI, not just CA. I hope I understood that correctly.

And Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Alaska.

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Originally posted by sjtill:
I heard a good discussion on Gun Owners Radio.
If the state appeals, the Ninth Circuit will have to uphold the Benitez ruling being consistent with Bruen. That means the entire Ninth Circuit would be subject to the ruling, so WA and HI, not just CA. I hope I understood that correctly.

You did read it correctly...that's why some folks were thinking that CA wouldn't take it before the 9th Circuit