2nd Amendment doesn’t mean California
must allow semiautomatic rifles, judge rules
San Francisco Chronicle,
by
Bob Egelko
Original Article
Posted By: poster,
7/25/2019 11:13:18 PM
A federal judge has upheld California’s ban on owning, manufacturing or selling semiautomatic rifles and the “bullet buttons” that convert a conventional rifle into a rapid-fire weapon.
Semiautomatic rifles are “incredibly effective killing machines” that are not commonly used or necessary for self-defense, said U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton of Santa Ana. She rejected a challenge to the law by the California Rifle & Pistol Association, an arm of the National Rifle Association.
Her ruling Monday was the first federal court decision on the California law,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Nimby 7/25/2019 11:27:45 PM (No. 133958)
Another moron who got a degree and a job without knowing the basics
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 7/25/2019 11:48:06 PM (No. 133974)
Supreme Court will over rule. In the mean time what am I supposed to do with my semi auto Rutger 10-22 I’ve owned for 50 years? Turn it in? Keep it and risk prosecution? Or move to Texas?
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Speak now or forever hold your peace when communist take over.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
bighambone 7/26/2019 12:04:52 AM (No. 133979)
All firearms are inherently dangerous, so are automobiles if not driven responsibly, also semi-automatic firearms are not unusual in the world of firearms, as most modern firearms operate semi-automatically and have been in common use for decades.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Heraclitus 7/26/2019 12:40:31 AM (No. 133989)
:...the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." ...seems quite clear to me.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Janylou 7/26/2019 12:46:13 AM (No. 133990)
Dems never give up. How many more times do the supremes have to strike them down?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
panther361 7/26/2019 12:46:28 AM (No. 133991)
#2 You keep yours just as I will keep mine. The hydra raises her ugly head once again in defense of socialistic ideals. Can't have the citizens able to defend themselves now.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Highlander 7/26/2019 12:48:15 AM (No. 133994)
She’s an Obama judge. I pray that one day, somehow, it will come out that Obama was not a legal citizen of the USA while in the White House, therefore, all his judicial appointees, his mandates, everything he did, will be cancelled out. That will be the hallelujah time!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
aasilver 7/26/2019 12:55:31 AM (No. 133997)
If they outlaw semi-auto rifles they will also outlaw semi-auto pistols and revolvers. The only thing left will be derringers.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
PChristopher 7/26/2019 1:25:58 AM (No. 134013)
Q: What's more dangerous than 100 mass murderers with semi-automatic weapons.
A: One Obama judge
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
ladydawgfan 7/26/2019 1:26:21 AM (No. 134014)
RE #9:
Or muskets!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Strike3 7/26/2019 2:18:19 AM (No. 134028)
“virtually undistinguishable”from machine guns, and that they are the “weapons of choice” for gangs, hate groups, and “mentally deranged persons bent on mass murder.”
Stuff it lady, I want one and you're not my mother.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
MainelySane 7/26/2019 4:02:24 AM (No. 134040)
The Second Amendment isn't concerned with personal self-defense or with huntin' rifles. It's all about weapons used for fighting against other humans for national defense.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 7/26/2019 7:26:58 AM (No. 134109)
So farmers protecting their herds from predators have no right to use effect weapons. Yes, the 'assault weapon; platform is used in rural areas to protect herds from natural predators all over the country. I guess self defense is limited to only protecting humans. Animals have no rights. I'm sure some PETA group somewhere that actually thinks about real world situations is celebrating and crying at the same time. Predators are protected from killing innocent animals. Yippee! But poor innocence defensless animals are now neglacted by eveil master herd owners, gurr!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Mushroom 7/26/2019 7:45:56 AM (No. 134133)
Go ahead, let's get this up to the SC, where we can also prove the NFA of 76 was unconstitutional as well.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
iraengneer 7/26/2019 7:53:13 AM (No. 134145)
And, again,
Yes, this nitwit-in-black-robes was appointed by Ovomit, the Manchurian Candidate. So we naturally expect a worthless creep being nominated, and are correct in that.
BUT .... what of our "brave and dedicated" Republicrat Senators? How did they act as guardians of the Republic? Glad you asked. The loathsome traitors confirmed that noxious appointee by a UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE!!! A pox and a plague be upon them, one and all.
Obviously, the Republicrats and the DEMONcrats have little more than superficial differences. A curse on them all.
FIRE this judge. Today is good. Then mass seppuku in the Senate. And the RNC as well.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 7/26/2019 8:08:41 AM (No. 134166)
Another ignorant judge thanks to President Obama and Harvard Law school.
"Nominated by Barack Obama on February 4, 2010, to a seat vacated by Alicemarie H. Stotler. Confirmed by the Senate on June 21, 2010, and received commission on June 22, 2010.
Education:
William Jewell College, B.A., 1983
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1986"
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
JimJr 7/26/2019 9:12:04 AM (No. 134227)
An article written by a writer who does not about firearms or current California law about a decision by a "judge" who does not know about firearms, California law or Supreme Court decisions, i.e. Heller..
>> The "Bullet Button" was an additional magazine catch device mandated in California to slow the removal of detachable magazines. It is a flush or indented button that must be depressed with an object (i.e. bullet) in order to release the magazine.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
jacksin5 7/26/2019 11:30:53 AM (No. 134388)
This will go to the Ninth Circus Court first. The makeup of the Court had changed since PDJT's election. This ruling may not even need to go to SCOTUS.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
bubby 7/26/2019 2:17:46 PM (No. 134541)
Judge Staton is an … wait for it… obama appointed Federal Judge! First there isn’t an army on this earth that would assault anything with a semi automatic AR15! The M-16 is an assault rifle which has three positions for “safe”, “semi-auto” and “full-auto”. To purchase a M-16 requires a class 3 license! Very difficult to get & M-16’s are very expensive to buy! Second she has never hunted feral hogs or coyotes! AR 15’s are used effectively to hunt both. Further in Texas a license isn’t required to hunt feral hogs just the property owners consent. Third an AR15 can’t possibly fire 300 to 500 rounds per minute, the barrel would melt just plain silly nonsense! My guess is that an accomplished shooter could get off 45-60 rounds per minute using a semi auto – one trigger pull one shot – AR15! Even at that low rate the AR15 barrel would overheat and the rifle would malfunction!
There is no truth in anything this Judge espoused but there is a lot of leftist lies and ideology! Godspeed President Trump!
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