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Mar. 24, 2025
Was Judge VanDyke trying to say in his video 'Don't mess with me?'
Judge VanDyke's video raises concerns about the intersection of judicial conduct, public safety, and rhetoric in the ongoing gun control debate.
Mark E. Hancock
I am, personally, fine with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal's upholding of California's ban on large-capacity firearm magazines in Duncan, et. al. v. Bonta. I don't buy Judge VanDyke's dissenting argument (and video) to the apparent effect that, just because a manufacturer makes (or could possibly make) a high-capacity magazine and sell it with the gun, that makes it protected and untouchable under the 2nd Amendment. That would render public safety subject to whate...
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