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A judge with a sense of irony
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.
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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."
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.
I wonder if they'll complain that "the process is the punishment"?
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....