Mixed Legal News
Let’s start with the good news. The 9th Circuit Court (erroneously often described as “the most reversed Circuit”) actually got one right. Had to happen someday, hmm?
In 2016, California voters approved a ballot measure to strengthen the state’s already stringent gun laws, including a requirement for background checks on all ammunition purchases.
However, this law faced legal challenges from gun rights advocates who argued it infringed on constitutional protections. The 9th Circuit’s recent ruling has now deemed the background check requirement unconstitutional, effectively halting a key component of California’s gun control framework.
The 9th Circuit’s decision, led by Judge Sandra Segal Ikuta, rested on the argument that the background check law “meaningfully constrains” the right to keep and bear arms, as guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment. Ikuta emphasized that the right to operate firearms, which requires access to ammunition, is inherently protected by the Constitution. The court rejected California’s attempt to justify the law by comparing it to Reconstruction-era loyalty oaths, stating that such historical precedents were not analogous to modern, recurring background checks.Notorious FDE
Nice to see a flash of legal sunshine from out West.
Wonder if anyone else remember one of the minor aspects of (I think) GCA ’68, the gun control act that killed much mail order among other things. It was a provision that required logging ammunition sales – you bought a box of ammo, the store had to log the purchase so if you DID commit a crime they could check. Shoot someone with an oddie (shoulda seen the looks I got buying a .44 Special!) and the police could theoretically canvas the area, see who bought the offending caliber, and solve crimes. Know how many they solved in the years it was in effect? Zero. Nada, nic, nic’evo, rien, none. But it was a pain for purchasers, and gun control folks LIVE to make our lives constrained. Remember if it says “XXX control” it ain’t about XXX, it’s about control.
And I read that Seattle is joining Chicago in suing Glock, claiming the Glock design is inherently unsafe because a “Glock Switch” full automatic conversion can be swapped in. Apparently the irony that the Glock switch is already illegal doesn’t matter.
At the heart of the lawsuit are Glock switches, also known as auto sears, which are dime-sized pieces of metal or plastic that can be attached to the back of a Glock handgun without the need for specialized tools or skills. The switches are cheap and can easily be bought online or made with a 3D printer.
The Seattle Police Department, which tracks the number of shell casings found at each shooting scene, has seen a dramatic increase since 2020, possibly reflecting an increase in the use of automatic weapons like converted Glocks. In 2020, investigators collected 2,514 casings from shooting scenes, a number that more than doubled to 5,746 in 2023, according to the city’s suit. Seattle Times
(Darn, that’s scary. More than doubled! We MUST do something…maybe say “hmm, Covid year versus a year of rising crime, riots – could that be related?”) Nope, sue someone else for a criminal illegally changing something into something illegal. Yep.)
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IDK if Glock switches can be “easily bought online” anymore. The cheap ones from China that were supposed to be for air soft guns are banned from import and have been for a few years. If you tried to buy one nowadays from a shady looking internet site where the home brew one up for you the ATF would probably be on your doorstep before the package arrived
You can still make one with a 3D printer, so long as you don’t care about committing felonies. For a while there, they were every gangstas favorite gun accessory.
If I want a machine gun, I’m going to shell out the $$$$ and get a Thompson. Other than wanting to look like a dork, who doesn’t know shit about hitting the target, there is no good reason for owning a full auto Glock.
Sure there is. There are lots of conversion kits out there that add a stock to your pistol and turn it into either an AOW, SBR or braced pistol depending upon the design.
Handy little sub gun can be handy.
I’d love a machine gun but I can’t afford to feed the damn thing!
Concerning the logging of ammo purchases:
When I was a lad (young adult) there was a gun store in the City of Bellaire, TX where I would go from time to time.
Moved off to college, got married, had kids that grew into teenagers, and got involved with the Boy Scouts of America. When Favorite Daughter’s Girl Scout troop would let her do the things her brother was doing, we started an Explorer Post which later became a Venturing Crew. A young college student who was friends with the parents of some of our young men joined us as a leader, and we became good friends.
A year or two or three later, she told me “Hey, we were going through Dad’s old receipts from the gun store and found where you bought some .22LR” – Her folks had owned that gun store in Bellaire, 20, 25 years before.
IIRC, when a gun store closes down, all records go to ATF. I know enough about data mining (after 25 years in the computer business) to know that 30, 40 years of purchase records can give a pretty detailed view of what someone does and has.
And that is not scary at all, for our government would never abuse it’s power. /s
I was watching the local Tucson news the other day, they’re covering the coronation of Adelita Grijalva, heiress to her father’s political throne. Anyway, there’s a sign behind her that says “Gun Laws Save Lives”. I cannot think of a single gun law that has ever saved a life. Why? Because people that use guns to take lives do not care about gun laws. That’s why they’re called “criminals” and not “model citizens”.
Once there was an Adelita who liked guns…
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I was today years old when I learned this. I grew up hearing that song, my south Texas grandpa always whistled it as he worked. I never knew the history behind it. Many thanks!
It is unequivocal “Gun Laws Save Lives”! Many criminals who’d normally be ventilated by their victims are free to pilfer the helpless, disarmed citizen.
Can’t wish evil away but if they close their eyes hard enough they don’t have to see it coming.
Yeahhhh that’s a very good point.
Careful now, Jazzy Crackaddict, er Crockett says that committing a criminal act doesn’t make the perp a criminal. And I’m sure she should know.
Other than her trigger finger control on the Glocks, I’ll take that lovely Miss Thang and keep her busy for awhile.
(at my age, it’d most likely be to pick up the brass – but what a view!)
Happy to assist. I noticed the finger placement as well, but after a couple of hours decided I could live with it.
That 9th Circus Court decision is not final. Gov. Newscum ordered his boot licking AG to demand a full panel of the appellate court to review and re-decide the case. If it does so, there is a likelihood it will uphold that stupid ammo law. That law requires that the purchaser pay a $5.00 fee for the background check, plus pay an 11% excise tax in addition to the 9% sales tax. So, that $10 box of .22 rimfire ammo could end up costing $17.00 a box. Moreover, it is the position of the AG that the ammo law remains in full force and effect until the full panel of the court re-decides the case. So, the celebration here is premature.