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A federal appeals court in California has filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s “strict violation” of its Second Amendment rights, following a June Supreme Court ruling that overturned New York’s concealed carry law. remanded to court.
On Wednesday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a decision in Jones v. Bonta challenging a California law banning the sale of certain guns to people under the age of 21 and remanded its own opinion. .
It asked the district court to reassess its decision in favor of the law in the light of the Supreme Court’s opinion in the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen. The ruling concluded that New York law, which requires citizens to present “good reason” for self-defense in order to obtain a covert carrying permit, is unconstitutional.
In Bruen’s opinion, the Supreme Court reset the standard for analyzing Second Amendment challenges. Based on its new precedent, the Ninth Circuit will remand the issue to the district court to reanalyze the case on this new standard. This increases the burden on states to justify specific gun controls.
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Three California adult attorneys under the age of 21 who are challenging the law wrote in court filings that once a client reaches the age of 18, “for nearly all purposes, and certainly “He was deemed an adult for the purposes of exercising his constitutional rights.” In this case, I categorically prohibit buying or acquiring any semi-automatic centerfire rifle based solely on age.
“When considered in conjunction with existing state and federal laws prohibiting the acquisition of handguns by ages 18 to 20, the result of the challenged provision is that the vast majority of firearms, including those most useful for self-defense, are now , is off limits to law-abiding Californians in this age group.”
In May, the committee reached a 2-1 split decision on the matter, with two Trump appointees in a majority vote, saying a district court judge was wrong for not blocking California’s ban. added a “total ban” to the law for youth outside the state.Serving in the military or police was unconstitutional.
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In particular, Justice Kenneth Lee emphasized that “California’s legal position has no logical stopping point and will ultimately erode the fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution.”
“If California can deny young adults Second Amendment rights on the basis of their group’s disproportionate involvement in violent crime, the government can deny those rights to other groups and others. may deny the right of the
“Even if the purpose behind the law is laudable, we cannot waive our constitutional rights,” Justice Lee said.
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A former Department of Justice official told Fox News Digital, “This will be one of the first opportunities for courts to apply the Supreme Court’s latest guidance on the Second Amendment, so what will the district court do on remand?” It will be interesting to see if
Plaintiffs’ attorneys and Attorney General Rob Bonta did not immediately respond to Fox Digital’s request for comment.