9th Circuit just released decision on Duncan v. Bonta

[RickD427]

Unfortunately, I cannot find a flaw in your analysis. The whole situation makes my decision to move to Idaho look like pure genius.

Thanks for the complement. I think the best outcome for the short term is for the Ninth to once again stay the mandate pending a request for Certiorari. I think that everyone pretty much knew that this was going to end at the Supreme Court.

Going to Idaho was a great move, but I've got a short leash to the Marina. I once quipped that Idaho was a landlocked state, and was corrected when I learned that there is actually a deep-water seaport in Idaho that services ocean-going ships, but it's still not same for a yachtsman that likes to cruise. And even if Idaho does have a seaport, there's still no place to surf.

[tacticalcity]

Thanks for the complement. I think the best outcome for the short term is for the Ninth to once again stay the mandate pending a request for Certiorari. I think that everyone pretty much new that this was going to end at the Supreme Court.

Going to Idaho was a great move, but I've got a short leash to the Marina. I once quipped that Idaho was a landlocked state, and was corrected when I learned that there is actually a deep-water seaport in Idaho that services ocean-going ships, but it's still not same for a yachtsman that likes to cruise. And even if Idaho does have a seaport, there's still no place to surf.

After today's ruling on receivers and frames I would not count too heavily on the Supreme Court to rule in our favor on 2A issues. For a supposedly conservative court they've been very hit and miss.

[Sgt Raven]

After today's ruling on receivers and frames I would not count too heavily on the Supreme Court to rule in our favor on 2A issues. For a supposedly conservative court they've been very hit and miss.

That was not a 2A case. That was a Administrative Procedures Act (APA) case.

[BAJ475]

After today's ruling on receivers and frames I would not count too heavily on the Supreme Court to rule in our favor on 2A issues. For a supposedly conservative court they've been very hit and miss.

Hard to argue with you. What I found most disturbing about the majority was Justice Alito's decent. The case was never presented as a facial challenge, so it should not have been decided on that basis.

[tacticalcity]

That was not a 2A case. That was a Administrative Procedures Act (APA) case.

Fundamentally it is a 2A case. That they chose to ignore that the APA, in this circumstance, violates the 2A is what is most disturbing. A law is not a law if it is unconstitutional. Sometimes people can be too smart for their own good. They can't see bigger issue/principle at hand.

[MajorSideburns]

After today's ruling on receivers and frames I would not count too heavily on the Supreme Court to rule in our favor on 2A issues. For a supposedly conservative court they've been very hit and miss.

That's because there are only 2 conservatives on the bench.

[dawgcasa]

After today's ruling on receivers and frames I would not count too heavily on the Supreme Court to rule in our favor on 2A issues. For a supposedly conservative court they've been very hit and miss.

I wonder, given that SCOTUS just ruled that partial receivers and frames (parts) are “firearms”, if that conclusion would then allow SCOTUS to crush the 9th Circuit’s contention that magazines as mere ‘accessories’?