Federal judge blocks CA magazine ban

True, although I think Gary's point is that if the state loses the case, it will eventually go for the en banc, which will twist all forms of logic (and Heller/McDonald) to rule in favor of the state.
 
Another twist to all of this, is that on Friday, June 30, US District Judge William Shubb, for the Eastern District of California, denied a preliminary injunction in the case, Weise v. Becerra.

This is a similar case filed by Calguns and the 2nd Amendment Foundation (SAF). Expect this to be appealed also.

I also suspect the cases may be consolidated, but that is not a given. Regardless, we now have two similar cases where the Judges have ruled exactly opposite to each other. Attached is the 23 page pdf.

edited to add: While I think that the Chuck Michel (NRA) case to be the stronger case, this may be entirely negated by opposing rulings.
 

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It does not matter how well written the opinion is, just as it did not matter how brilliantly simple was Judge O'Scanlain's original opinion in Peruta, as there is no doubt but that Chief Judge Stanly Thomas will find a way, no matter how lame, to overturn the decision. He will be undoubtedly ebulliently bolstered by the denial of cert in Peruta, and he knows full well that if the Supreme Court won't take a carry case, the most fundamental aspect of the Second Amendment, there is no way that it will take a case on magazine bans, any more than it took either of the two AR ban cases. enjoy the opinion while you can, as it will vanish in short order.

And just to add the latest scuttle butt: Justice Kennedy has already hired his clerks for the next term (but not the next), so he li8kely won't retire for at least another year.
 
Giving any weight to a referendum restricting constitutional rights is simply acquiescing to the "tyranny of the majority" a/k/a mob rule.
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Exactly.

We have a winner! The Bill of Rights is thoroughly undemocratic -- and that's how it's supposed to be.
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And we have another winner! I cringe at the word "Democracy." A true "Democracy" is when 51% of the population can vote to do whatever they want to the other 49% at any given time.
 
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