Ca. Conservative judge's 2A opinion

[Trenchfoot]

It appeared to be a shotgun in the trunk

[stix213]

It appeared to be a shotgun in the trunk

Yeah latest info is shotgun was in the vehicle while the AR was used in the shooting, and a 10mm round from his glock ended his rambo revenge fantasy.

[acace]

The "assault rifle" was in the trunk of the car in Sandy Hook was it not? He did the damage with two handguns.

You are incorrect.

[IVC]

How are they going to confiscate something that they arent supposed to be tracking? There is no long gun registration, there is no mag registration...

And this is precisely why we fight any attempts at registration, direct or indirect such as forcing PPT through FFL-s and creating a paper trail...

[LMTluvr]

From a conservative view?
He's about as conservative Kim Jong .
Any judge or politician who encourages confiscation of a guaranteed right should be imprisoned as they've obviously become a domestic enemy to the constitution.

[211275]

Completely agree that nobody needs any of that. However, you are advocating for banning it, so it's up to you to formulate what you plan to achieve by such a ban and how we are going to measure the effectiveness.

If it turns out that your ban was ineffective, then we have to repeal it since a capricious ban is an infringement. Now, we have all the data we need from the 1994-2004 ban and it was ineffective. QED.

Good point however I wouldnt be advocating it, I just wouldn't have a major issue with it. It would certainly be better to limit the mag cap then to start banning rifles.

[IVC]

Good point however I wouldnt be advocating it, I just wouldn't have a major issue with it. It would certainly be better to limit the mag cap then to start banning rifles.

I hear ya. However, it's not an either/or proposition. It's step 1, step 2, step 3...

We cannot give up ground on issues that make no sense. To get to a meaningful discussion, we have to reject things that are weak and cannot hold up in court. It's up to the other side to start accepting that the legal landscape has changed since 1994 and that this time around it's not just about what they can push politically.

[MigNoche]

Check out this website....

http://justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp

We don't need more laws.

"* Based on survey data from a 2000 study published in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology,[17] U.S. civilians use guns to defend themselves and others from crime at least 989,883 times per year.[18]"

"* Based on survey data from the U.S. Department of Justice, roughly 5,340,000 violent crimes were committed in the United States during 2008. These include simple/aggravated assaults, robberies, sexual assaults, rapes, and murders.[13] [14] [15] Of these, about 436,000 or 8% were committed by offenders visibly armed with a gun.[16]"

[Maestro Pistolero]

The "assault rifle" was in the trunk of the car in Sandy Hook was it not? He did the damage with two handguns.

No. the Bushmaster was the primary weapon. He killed himself with one of the handguns.

[pistol3]

I am curious about the 4th amendment issues surrounding the government seizing legally purchased guns. Here we have a federal judge calling for certain types of guns to be made retroactively illegal and seized from the general population. In the new Yee bill, they are going to be calling for ARs with bullet buttons to be made illegal, and I'm sure if at all possible, seized from the general population. Could they get away with it? Obviously if the case came before this self-proclaimed pro-2A judge he would have everyone turning in their guns in a heartbeat.

[MigNoche]

No. the Bushmaster was the primary weapon. He killed himself with one of the handguns.

The story has changed so many times. Is there a clear consensus yet on what actually happened?

[Trenchfoot]

The story has changed so many times. Is there a clear consensus yet on what actually happened?

medical examiner's statement a couple of days ago said .223 was the primary.

[Casey]

A judge that doesn't know the difference between a democracy and a Republic should not be sitting on a bench let alone writing anti gun op ed pieces.

[Hogstir]

Yeah Bans always work so well. Prohibition was a great success I guess. All they are going to do is create a huge black market which the cartels and organized crime would exploit just like they did during prohibition. Don't think we have gun sniffing dogs so it would be fairly easy to smuggle into the US.

[Cnynrat]

This idiot is not a conservative.