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Peninsula Press by  Eric Ting November 5, 2020

‘It’s going to be earth-shattering’: What Amy Coney Barrett means for California Gun Laws

aiting periods. Magazine restrictions. Age limits. California gun owners are optimistic all of these state gun control laws — and more — could soon be ruled unconstitutional.

“It’s going to be earth shattering,” Sam Parades, the executive director of the Gun Owners of California, said of Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the United States Supreme Court. “A whole sea change. Everything will be challenged. Waiting periods, handgun restrictions, magazine restrictions, the so-called assault weapons ban. Open carry will become standard.”

Parades believes Barrett’s addition to the Supreme Court creates a firmly pro-Second-Amendment bloc on the Supreme Court, which will now be more likely to take up gun control cases.

This year’s New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. City of New York almost became the first major Second Amendment case in over 10 years, but the court decided by a 6-3 margin not to rule on the merits following a procedural haggle. Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh sided with the court’s four left-leaning justices in punting the case back to the lower courts, but Kavanaugh has signaled a willingness to hear a new Second Amendment case and extend the scope of the right of an individual to keep and bear arms.

All of which makes Barrett replacing Ginsburg a potential game-changer.

“There are challenges on California’s gun laws bubbling through the federal courts, which makes it possible but not likely we see a case this term,” said UCLA Law Professor Adam Winkler, who specializes in constitutional law and the Second Amendment. “But it won’t be long before the court finally takes another gun case.”

More: http://peninsulapress.com/2020/11/05/its-going-to-be-earth-shattering-what-amy-coney-barrett-means-for-california-gun-laws/

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Until the rat bastards take the senate and pack the SCOTUS.

I'm in a really sh*tty mood right now.

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ONE...woman, makes that much of a difference?   It would only be a problem...if these cases come to S.C.  A problem for LEFTS.
DEMON-RATS.  I WANT THE 2ND.  We need it, with AOC wanting gulags for TRUMP supporters.