Challenge to CA assault weapon's ban to move forward (Sacramento: felony, lawyers)

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Not that there was much of a "ban" to begin with. This is still good news.


The plaintiffs' complaint alleges the term "assault weapon'' is "a politically concocted, pejorative term designed to place more and more constitutionally protected arms inside the Legislature's mercurial definitions of banned arms -- and outside the reach of normal, law-abiding Americans.''

Benitez, who previously sided with firearm proponents in holding California's ban on large-capacity magazines unconstitutional, wrote in his Wednesday ruling that the potential criminal penalties for violating the state's assault weapon laws means ``any law-abiding citizen may lose his liberty, and (not ironically) his Second Amendment rights, as a result of exercising his constitutional right to keep and bear arms if the arm falls within the complicated legal definition of an 'assault weapon.' If ever the existence of a state statute had a chilling effect on the exercise of a constitutional right, this is it.''
https://www.villagenews.com/story/20...ban/63512.html

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Your tax dollars at work.

Why anyone would take the bait and do this now? How many people got busted for having an "assault weapon" made up term is beyond me. No thanks. PLUS, this is what Sloppy Joe wants to roll out to the entire US of A. Draconian.

Becerra’s office quietly signed a settlement agreement in federal court admitting his agency’s gun-registration website was so poorly designed that potentially thousands of Californians were unable to register their assault weapons and comply with state law.

Under the terms of the settlement filed Wednesday in U.S. Eastern District Court in Sacramento, the state Department of Justice is required to notify each district attorney and law enforcement agency to put on hold “all pending investigations and prosecutions” for those suspected of failing to register their assault weapons.

The settlement agreement is a major setback for one of California’s signature pieces of gun control legislation.


Wait, they really thought THOUSANDS of us were lined up to divulge information we don't have to? They really are idiots.


https://www.sacbee.com/news/californ...250037879.html

[msgsing]

Let’s be perfectly clear. An assault rifle is a military grade infantry weapon. It has a selector switch allowing semi and fully automatic fire. It has a large capacity magazine of at least 20 rounds. The so called assault rifles legally sold in CA aren’t the real deal.

[2011KTM530]

The truth is that the majority of voters in the state of California hate guns and despise gun owners. So it really doesn’t matter what the courts decide, California does not care what the Second Amendment states. California is like a separate country in the United States. The California DOJ will very happily love to bust a gun owner and take away their firearms if they make a slight mistake trying to register their firearm on the reopened registry. There are several videos of the DOJ confiscating firearms on YouTube.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by msgsing

Let’s be perfectly clear. An assault rifle is a military grade infantry weapon. It has a selector switch allowing semi and fully automatic fire. It has a large capacity magazine of at least 20 rounds. The so called assault rifles legally sold in CA aren’t the real deal.

The made up term assault weapon comes from a gaggle of politicians and their lawyers. It literally includes every firearm in existence including handguns, shotguns and rifles. Absurd.

If people knew that once you enter that database you never leave it. Between that and the ridiculous ammo back ground check they have started their De Facto national registry they wanted so much even though it's unconstitutional.

[ronmcq]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

The made up term assault weapon comes from a gaggle of politicians and their lawyers. It literally includes every firearm in existence including handguns, shotguns and rifles. Absurd.

If people knew that once you enter that database you never leave it. Between that and the ridiculous ammo back ground check they have started their De Facto national registry they wanted so much even though it's unconstitutional.

Unfortunately all too true.

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

The made up term assault weapon comes from a gaggle of politicians and their lawyers. It literally includes every firearm in existence including handguns, shotguns and rifles. Absurd.

If people knew that once you enter that database you never leave it. Between that and the ridiculous ammo back ground check they have started their De Facto national registry they wanted so much even though it's unconstitutional.

Well, when you think on it for a minute, every weapon is an assault weapon, no? What else are weapons for ... whether assaulting a deer, a pheasant, a human ... whatever. Heck, a mousetrap is an assault weapon. Why, I successfully assaulted three mice night before last under the kitchen sink.

[joosoon]

Originally Posted by 2011KTM530

The truth is that the majority of voters in the state of California hate guns and despise gun owners. So it really doesn’t matter what the courts decide, California does not care what the Second Amendment states.

Actually, it does matter what the courts decide. The state can't ignore this settlement and among other things, will have to reopen registration for the latest iteration in a thirty-year process of what they deem "assault weapons".

[joosoon]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

If people knew that once you enter that database you never leave it.

That's the least of my concern but everyone is different. I started exiling certain guns to out of state relatives back in 1990 and find it much easier than playing the game with CADOJ. The latest registration scheme was nuts. It took a long time to get Federal courts to see what a colossal clusterfork the process was but in the end, they couldn't defend a broken system. It's pretty telling that the state has to tell all DAs to back off on pursuing these pointless cases and not to seek prosecution. It came too late for some though.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by Tulemutt

Well, when you think on it for a minute, every weapon is an assault weapon, no? What else are weapons for ... whether assaulting a deer, a pheasant, a human ... whatever. Heck, a mousetrap is an assault weapon. Why, I successfully assaulted three mice night before last under the kitchen sink.

assault kitchen sink will someday be a felony.