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Federal judge enjoins California's magazine ban
It's a preliminary injunction, so no guarantees, but the option is here.
The opinion starts getting interesting at p. 16. At p. 26, the Court criticizes the evidence offered by the state. It sounds to me as if the state assumed it'd be a slam-dunk, no judge is going to enjoin the state no matter how sloppy our evidence, and so just threw a stack of paper at the judge.
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Wow, that was a good read.
With quotes from Mencken and the (Kozinski
dissent from Silveira v. Lockyer.
On page 28 I love the start of the detailed dissection of the "Mayors Against Illegal Guns survey", also the footnote is hilarious. :D
At a tangent, the opinion mentions an exception for current & retired law enforcement officials. Which brings up a question that has been on my mind for some time now: Who has standing to challenge those sorts of "retired law enforcement" exceptions as being defacto Patents of Nobility and therefore unconstitutional?
Seems like they found a judge who is not willing to just roll over and play dead. That he actually looked at what was being asked and went through a rigorous analysis. All good stuff - outcome not guaranteed but at least we get to play ball.