A Gun Rights Win in California
A judge in California ruled the state’s 10-day waiting period for gun purchases is unconstitutional if buyers passed a background check, either when they applied for a handgun permit or when they bought their first firearm. The Calguns Foundation, one of the plaintiffs in the case, released a statement that said, “Federal Eastern District of California Senior Judge Anthony W. Ishii, appointed to the bench by President Bill Clinton, found that ‘the 10-day waiting periods … violate the Second Amendment’ as applied to members of certain classifications … and ‘burdens the Second Amendment rights of the Plaintiffs.’” This is the second time a court has chipped away at California’s gun laws, which shows that some of the most severe gun laws in the nation are also some of the most unconstitutional. More…
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