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« Civilian self-defense group in Detroit | Main | Brady Campaign ditches client »

A judge with a sense of irony

Posted by David Hardy · 23 February 2023 04:55 PM

Federal judge, in test case, orders Illinois to bring in a sample of every gun banned under its new "assault weapon ban." I bet the state argued that its ban could pass muster because it just banned a few type of firearms, and the judge decided to call its bluff.

4 Comments | Leave a comment

Flight-ER-Doc | February 24, 2023 9:38 AM | Reply

Love it. Since many of the banned guns are out of production - and differences in colors, barrel and stock lengths, provided with / without accessories (magazines, slings, sights, optics, cleaning gear, cases, etc).

Could be tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of permutations....

Hank Archer | February 24, 2023 11:07 AM | Reply

I can imagine the plaintiffs' attorneys telling the gov lawyers, "Better rent a large warehouse. And, by the way, we know all the things you've banned and will point out to his honor every one you don't display. Might get a contempt of court order out of that kind of blatant disregard of the judge's directions."

Nomen Nescio | February 24, 2023 7:01 PM | Reply

well, there goes that lawsuit. actually trying to comply in any sort of honest manner would cost, at a minimum, some millions of dollars in materiel alone (assuming they were buying the items in question --- presumably hundreds of thousands even if they were renting), _all non-refundable,_ and their alternative is...?

i'm thinking they'll fold. it's either that or fail, ignominiously.

KCSteve | February 25, 2023 5:50 PM | Reply

I wonder if they'll complain that "the process is the punishment"?

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