Wow! Breaking news! Federal appellate court tells the Brady Campaign to butt the hell out of California gun litigation. Boom ping pow! What’s today, the 12th? So the ink’s not even dry on this ruling…
Read the Opinion Here. I haven’t read the whole thing yet myself.
Interesting development. And from the Ninth Circus, no less! One step closer to another Supreme Second Amendment Showdown…
LA Times article on this decision…
– tgj
The Sheriff in San Diego county has said he’ll abide by the Court’s order. With the State and/or other groups not allowed to intervene, there doesn’t seem to be a route to SCOTUS for this case.
Yeah, I know. I’m just excited that favorable opinions are coming out and stacking up. Just wishing aloud that one day soon SCOTUS will wipe the slate clean on the patchwork of local anti-2A laws on the books. As we’re seeing with other long-avoided hot-button issues, the Court can’t dodge this forever.
Any time SCOTUS takes a 2A case, I’m nervous. If 1 of the 5 who voted for Heller and McDonald wimps out, we’re screwed.
Point taken. I do hope the tide is at least slowly turning though. I really, really hope. “Hope and change,” right? 🙂
If you had told me in 1998 that TN carry permits would be good in nearly 40 states and the 9th Circuit would suddenly be pro gun, I’d have checked you into the nearest mental facility. We HAVE come a long way but anti gun forces won’t ever give up so its hard to hope.
It may well be that this order will not be accepted for appeal. My observation is that the Supreme Court is often reluctant to interfere in what is largely a procedural order. If the Supreme Court did decide to look at this issue on a substantive basis, I am not sure that it would affirm based upon the language in Heller and McDonald. I have always felt that the 7th Circuit in Moore v. Madigan went well beyond what the Supreme Court had articulated in terms of individual rights under the Second Amendment.
Yep. The procedural order won’t go up. But the underlying case just might… maybe… we shall see!