Breaking news out of California where a Judge Roger Benitez just ruled that the state’s ban on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds is unconstitutional:
Cam Edwards ✔ @CamEdwards
#Breaking Federal judge in CA grants summary judgment to plaintiffs in case challenging the state's 10-round limit on firearms magazines. Law is declared unconstitutional and is permanently enjoined from being enforced. #2A #NRA
A “master class in constitutional law”:
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Corey Uhden@CACoreyU
Judge Roger Benitez has once again offered a master class in constitutional law striking down California's ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds and enjoining @AGBecerra from enforcing the ban.
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More from attorney Gabriel Malor: “The judge characterizes Heller as a simple hardware test in concluding that magazines that hold more than ten rounds are protected.”
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Friendly Gabriel Malor@gabrielmalor
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The judge characterizes Heller as a simple hardware test in concluding that magazines that hold more than ten rounds are protected.
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California’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra did not have a good day: “Judge finds that the historical prohibitions exception to Heller does not apply. He just tears through AG Becerra’s examples of bullet bans because the laws Becerra actually cites are about machine guns.” View image on Twitter View image on Twitter
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Judge finds that the historical prohibitions exception to Heller does not apply. He just tears through AG Becerra's examples of bullet bans because the laws Becerra actually cites are about machine guns. 154 3:45 AM - Mar 30, 2019
And maybe libs shouldn’t rely on activists from Mother Jones for their legal arguments?
Friendly Gabriel Malor@gabrielmalor
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The judge is not wild about the evidence Becerra offered of the need for a ban on magazines that hold more than ten rounds. It was a Mother Jones study of mass shootings, which it turns out are exceptionally rare compared to home invasions.
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#1: hondo68 To: Horse (#0)
Ishapore 2A1 Enfield with standard "hi-cap" mag, 12 rounds of 7.62 NATO
Wooohooo! Still legal in the land of the free, and the home of the brave.
With one in the chamber, it's good for MS-13
hondo68 posted on 2019-04-03 22:26:30 Reply Private Reply
#2: hondo68 To: All (#1)
Companies Crushed With Heavy Demand For Gun Magazines From California
U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- Since Friday's landmark court decision that legalized magazines holding more than ten rounds in California buyers have been going crazy with purchases.
Most online retailers have resumed the sales of magazines of all sizes to the people of the Golden State. Rainier Arms has seen a significant uptick in traffic with most sales being for the Magpul Gen2 30 round magazine. This increase in internet transactions has even crashed Rainier Arms payment processing server.
“We received such an overwhelming surge of sales over the weekend, it actually crashed our merchant services, the website was fine, but our payment services were so overwhelmed it crashed,” said Aristotle Bartolome of Rainier Arms. “With that said, we closed out a very strong weekend, and even with the chaos, we’re currently 48 hours behind on getting all of the weekend orders caught up and adjusting staffing to better support our customers getting their orders quicker.”
Rainier Arms isn't alone in their increase in sales. Brownells is also reporting an increase in magazines sales to California. They are seeing residents “stocking up” on AR15 magazines as well. Brownells is one of the largest gun retailers on the web.
California residents are in a rush to buy up magazines before the state can appeal U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez's decision to the Ninth Circuit Court. The judge's decision stunned the California Attorney General and the gun community as well. It went further than either side anticipated.
One California resident, Adelaide Golden, told me that she thinks that all gun owners in the state need to take advantage of the opportunity to purchase standard compacity magazines while they are shipping to the state.
“In a national and local environment that is increasingly hostile to responsible gun owners, it’s important to take advantage of opportunities that present,” Golden said. “With the overturn of unconstitutional limits on magazine sizes, I, as a California resident, can finally have standard size magazines that can make a small difference at the range and a huge difference if I’m ever forced to defend myself or my home.”
Some gun owners were worried that the price of magazines would increase with the potential run on the product. Primarily this increase in price hasn't happened. In fact, a lot of websites are running deals for California residents. Companies are there to make a profit, but it seems like a lot of companies are taking this opportunity to spread the message of liberty.
Brownells is trying to flood California with AR15 magazines. The firearms retailer is currently selling 10 packs of 30 round Magpul GEN2 magazines for $99.99 which saves the residents $30.
Elite Tactical Components are also helping out the people of the state but are focusing on the AK market. That site is selling blem 30 round XTech MAG47 magazines for only $10. The deal is just for residents of California.
hondo68 posted on 2019-04-03 23:46:44 Reply Private Reply