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FYI: the Honorable Roger T. Benitez was born in Havana, Cuba. He understands these communists and sees right through them: "This conclusion should not be considered groundbreaking. It is simply a straightforward application of constitutional law to an experimental governmental-overreach that goes far beyond traditional boundaries of reasonable gun regulation."

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20190329/breaking-federal-court-finds-california-magazine-ban-violates-the-second-amendment Miracles do happen!

How is it not. Why shouldn't those students who only get good grades because of their privileged upbringing that gives them a more robust academic background than their less advantage peers pay some back to level the passing field. Doubly so for the fiscally privileged students that have more study time and less academic stress due to wealthy family or scholarships and grants? From each according to their ability, to each according to their need. Seriously. If you are in a scholarship that only needs a 3.0 average, everything else is gravy and should be given back to the community for the greater good. You don't need it, and to paraphrase Obama,you didn't get those grades yourself.

ANJRPC already has the case open... may need to add info from this ruling

Score one for NRA. As they say though, it will be appealed most likely. Will be awesome to see it go to supreme court! Text below. In one of the strongest judicial statements in favor of the Second Amendment to date, Judge Roger T. Benitez of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California determined on Friday that California’s ban on commonly possessed firearm magazines violates the Second Amendment. The case is Duncan v. Becerra. The NRA-supported case had already been up to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on the question of whether the law’s enforcement should be suspended during proceedings on its constitutionality. Last July, a three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit upheld Judge Benitez’s suspension of enforcement and sent the case back to him for further proceedings on the merits of the law itself. Judge Benitez rendered his opinion late Friday afternoon and handed Second Amendment supporters a sweeping victory by completely invalidating California’s 10-round limit on magazine capacity. “Individual liberty and freedom are not outmoded concepts,” he declared. In a scholarly and comprehensive opinion, Judge Benitez subjected the ban both to the constitutional analysis he argued was required by the U.S. Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller and a more complicated and flexible test the Ninth Circuit has applied in prior Second Amendment cases. Either way, Judge Benitez ruled, the law would fail. Indeed, he characterized the California law as “turning the Constitution upside down.” He also systematically dismantled each of the state’s purported justifications for the law, demonstrating the factual and legal inconsistencies of their claims. NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox hailed the decision as a “huge win for gun owners” and a “landmark recognition of what courts have too often treated as a disfavored right.” “Judge Benitez took the Second Amendment seriously and came to the conclusion required by the Constitution,” Cox said. “The same should be true of any court analyzing a ban on a class of arms law-abiding Americans commonly possess for self-defense or other lawful purposes.” Unfortunately, Friday’s opinion is not likely to be the last word on the case. The state will likely appeal to the Ninth Circuit, which has proven notably hostile to the Second Amendment in past decisions. Nevertheless, the thoroughness of Judge Benitez’s analysis should give Second Amendment supporters the best possible chance for success in appellate proceedings, particularly if the case ultimately lands before the U.S. Supreme Court. In the meantime, Friday’s order prohibits California from enforcing its magazine restrictions, leaving its law-abiding residents safer and freer, at least for the time being.

So a grade is wealth in school. So certainly making the “trading” and “moving” of grades controlled by the student body would be more socialist than each students grade being calculated individually.

I think it's been well documented on here that you don't know what socialism is, and its many faces. The theory is sound, and you cant argue it.... which is why you cant defend your statement.... Thats another well documented fact around here. If you have something of substance to argue.... well that would be a first... but let's hear it?

With all the droughts in Kali, I suspect that many of those horrible, horrible boating accidents took place in locations which may now be simply puddles. If it hits the supreme court and is ruled in our favor, I hope there's a drought in NJ too, for all you guys who lost your mags in similar aquatic tragedies. At least most of us who suffered through these countless boating accidents did not have to go through 7 sawzall blades trying to destroy our highly dangerous 15 round Glock mags.

When I shoot a boolit, it hits the bullseye every time. True story

I don’t think a CA district court ruling can be used as precedence outside thst district. It would have to make it to SCOTUS to apply everywhere. Keep in mind the 9th sided with Benitez already when they denied the appeal on the injunction.

Okay, SO how many people had this exact same reaction when they read about the decision. I know that was my first thought.

More importantly, what does this mean for us?

Groundbreaking - can only mean good things for us and other states.

So when I moved to NH, I really thought the "pressure" to buy was off. With no P2P's to worry about I don't need to buy anything just to not have one expire. It hasn't worked out that way, but for a different reason - Used handguns in NH are cheap and NICS is free! Here are a couple of my recent buys: Sig P250 - $200. Really nice DAO trigger, smooth but long. Springfield XD - $200. Nice shooter, feels good in the hand. H&K P2000SK - $350. Like new in the box. Couldn't pass up an H&K for that price, especially with 3 mags. Springfield 1911A1 GI - $300. Like new in the case, 3 mags. Dan Wesson Valor - $1,000 new in the box. I'm not usually a fan of polymer, but for EDC both the Sig and XD are reasonable options when there is enough clothing to hide them. It pays to stop in the store every couple of days. The Sig and XD I bought as they were being traded in. The H&K was in the case and the 1911, he showed it to me and I was indifferent until he told me the price. It was one of those I couldn't say no to. The Dan Wesson was something I've been looking for but never wanted to spend the $1,500. At $1,000 it was a no-brainer. Anyway, keep the faith. There are good "used" buys out there.

Wait, he pulled it out before taking a pic? What the hell man! I was setting up to shoot at the .22 range at EFGA a few years ago and a guy was teaching his young daughter to shoot. She got hit with a piece of bullet and it made a very small cut on her cheak.

A grade is the first thing they had to work for. Mommy and Daddy worked for everything else. So that they'll defend. Everything else came free.

T_T I never find these deals! Beautiful pistola.

Somehow I managed to buy that Valor in New Jersey. A very nice pistol.

About time it did.

Ask Greenday, that's his specialty.

When I first read this, I had to check the calendar to make sure it wasn't April Fools. California? Incredible! I doubt we'll see any changes in PRNJ because of this - at least not in my life time. Still a win -- anywhere -- is a win.

I only read the title. Anyone have cliff notes

Hi you dont have to be an expert to go have fun and shoot a match. this is the way we all learned and most of us are still learning . what you really need to do is HAVE SAFE GUN handling practices and extra ammo . just go out and make some new friends . go to the indoor range at oldbridge you will have fun . Bob

Ha ha, me too. Even since I applied, I haven't decided. Thinking maybe getting a wheel gun, even though I have hardly any interest in them. Maybe another compact 9mm, maybe a 22LR since I have plenty of ammo for it, maybe a Beretta .40 so I can share mags,.. I have no idea. Ha, I have a big project I'm starting outside, but was waiting for the weather to warm up a bit, so I applied for the permits to give me something to do and see how long this new process takes. You're reading my mind. They must use it only for these forms. Heck, how many companies even use NCR forms these days?

The form is dated when it's typed up, not when it's signed. We do have the extension option to make up for that problem. I don't even know why I got the stupid permits anyway! I am lacking a 1911 in my collection and a Luger P08 would be nice but I don't need either! I really need a hobby change! I may go back to Swiss watches or even buy a bigger boat! Any hobby has to be cheaper than this gun hobby! Where the hell do they even find the manual typewriters to do the forms in the first place? They don't exist anymore!

EVERY post you make here is facepalm worthy. Now that's total crap, your posting history disputes that, big time. Like CNN, WaPo and MSNBC, where you can't tell their radical, Lefty, Liberal bias from their names?

They're knuckleheads... Mine have been sitting on the Chief's desk for a week, and I was the first one to use the system in my town too. What the heck, the Chief can't find 15 seconds to sign 3 permits in the course of a week? I know he ain't that busy!

Because gun forums mean you have to be a rude douchebag who can't follow simple rules? More than 8,000 other people don't seem to have an issue with it, not ask a question that any gun owner would know or have an idea of... ammunition is not rocket science... it won't go off unless you crush the primer... and even then... not unless you are holding it closed over your hand. Think fireworks and why guns have a barrel.

A cartridge or round won't explode or fire outside of the chamber of a gun. Maksim said it well calling it nothing more than a fireworks display. You are in NO danger of anything hurting you other than the incoming round. Period!

$300????? Makin me cry..."stole" doesn't begin to describe the deal you got! I have a Peacekeeper too (like Nick's) and a .22 Trooper Mk III Would LOVE to have a Trooper Mk III 357.

I haven't tried their headlights.....but I have multiple stinger handheld flashlights. I use those at work also, have one in each truck, and one at home. one of the ones at work is about 10 years old, but I've stopped using it much as it is so out of date that comparing that old stinger to the 3 year old stinger is like comparing a shitty led to a incandescent flashlight. I also have a streamlight strion that I use for edc. I carry it in a holster. you just can't go wrong with a streamlight.

We are looking at this in different spectrums. Yes, a quality made 308 rifle is just about as reliable as an AR but not quite. When I mean weight, I mean the rifle, the ammunition and the magazines. As far as "room clearing the front door and then an 800 yard shot out the back door" is not possible where I live. For me it's "room clearing a small apartment to a shoot up the block". 556 all day. Now, if I lived where you do? 308 all day.

Hell jus froze

I’m suddenly a huge fan of Judge Benitez!

So maybe in another 2-3 years we can knock down NJ's prohibition? After this runs up to SCOTUS?

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20190329/breaking-federal-court-finds-california-magazine-ban-violates-the-second-amendment?fbclid=IwAR1KteDAzvJOHHEr1ixYtd26dX5wm9xqP_5O_i0kHVn4LpYqtO5dNMpDmjY

Murphy and Goober, you are next!

Nothing yet. It would mean someone needs to file a mag capacity case in NJ and have it go through our court system. They would be able to use the Cali decision as case law.

So it says the entire law was invalidated. So does that mean CA residents can get 30’s again or is it back to the old limit which I think was 15

Perhaps you could elaborate with something beyond your personal conjecture?

California? That's literally shocking.

Holy crap! It is a miracle!

Hugh shud lok intoo spel chek. It work gode.

Fudd be damned. I disagree with you. The lawful citizen should be secure in his or her person and property and NOT subject to the whims of an unjust and tyrannical government no matter how slight the perceived risk. There should be a healthy fear of an out-of-control government seeking more power. That is NOT fear mongering or exaggerating. One should NOT underestimate its foe. A non-violent individual not otherwise committing a crime should NOT be subjected to thousands of dollars in fines and lawyers fees, and NOT be subjugated and put in jail, and of course live in fear.

Trump comes off as Real.. Authentic and Point blank.

Because Trump comes across as Rude, Crude and Lewd. There were the usual stupid Democrats, and those that were the Never Trump crowd, Republicans included.

The only way for us to lose is: 1. They don't appeal and allow the FOID cards to be null and void. They did this with concealed carry. Instead of appealing to the SC and possibly losing it nationally, they backed off to save other states to keep their anti 2A laws. 2. They appeal and the SC rules in their favor. Then we're fucked.

Mostly because folks are simple minded. Another contributing factor is that a large segment of the population depends heavily on emotion rather than logic.

That was not an ND. That was an intentional shot to the ground. It’s a crowd control move they use to disperse people closing in.