Being a gun owner in California sucks because you feel, and rightly so, that while most of the rest of the country enjoys their 2nd Amendment freedoms, you’re stuck in some kind of communist dictatorship in which the Constitution doesn’t apply. Every single year the liberal dildos who run the state pass a new batch of gun control laws because last year’s restrictions failed to stop crime. The most frustrating thing about this crap is that everyone know these laws are unconstitutional but for some reason no court ever takes action. That all changed today because the liberal-ass 9th Circuit Court of Appeals actually ruled that California’s magazine ban is unconstitutional.
NBC brings the shocking news:
A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against the state of California and its ban on high-capacity magazines, calling it “well-intentioned” but unconstiutional [sic].
In non-shocking news, NBC has no idea how to spell “unconstitutional.”
A split ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the state’s ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition would infringe on the Second Amendment right to own firearms.
“In the wake of heart-wrenching and highly publicized mass shootings, the state of California barred its citizens from owning so-called ‘large capacity magazines’ (LCMs) that hold more than ten rounds of ammunition,” wrote Appellate Judge Kenneth Lee.
Magazines that only hold 10 rounds are “diminished capacity.” Ones that hold 30 rounds are “normal capacity” but we’ll take the win anyway.
“But even well-intentioned laws must pass constitutional muster. California’s near-categorical ban of LCMs strikes at the core of the Second Amendment — the right to armed self-defense. Armed self-defense is a fundamental right rooted in tradition and the text of the Second Amendment. Indeed, from pre-colonial times to today’s post-modern era, the right to defend hearth and home has remained paramount,” Lee continued.
California’s magazine ban was never well-intentioned, but we’ll take the win anyway.
California banned normal-capacity magazines back in 2000 but grandfathered in the ones already owned by law-abiding gun owners. Then, in 2016 the state decided that not only were the magazines banned but that everyone had any had to turn them in or go to jail. The state was sued and a U.S. District judge in San Diego ruled that the ban itself was unconstitutional. California’s dickhead Attorney General Xavier Becerra appealed and lost.
The ruling now leaves it up to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to possibly appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
“We are carefully reviewing the decision, with the goal of protecting public safety,” said a spokes person from Becerra’s office.
The cool thing is, Becerra probably won’t appeal this for a couple of reasons: 1) right now the ruling only applies to the Western states under the 9th Circuit’s jurisdiction and if he appealed, it would wipe out magazine bans in other liberal states and 2) If the SCOTUS agreed to hear the appeal, they will uphold that magazine bans are unconstitutional.
Right now there are AG from other gun control states calling Becerra and telling him, “don’t you f*cking dare appeal this thing.”
Actually, the real cool thing about this ruling is that I’m no longer a potential felon in the state of California for my previously-grandfathered magazines. Even better, I can upgrade the capacity of guns I’ve purchased since 2000.
