Some heartening news on the Second Amendment front:
First, the good people of Connecticut are defying that state’s new registration laws with some old-fashioned civil disobedience. This is what you get when you pass bad laws: people will not respect them, and will not obey them.
Second, the Ninth Circuit (!) has tossed out, as unjustifiably restrictive, the “good cause” provision in California’s handgun-carry law. This is a major victory for the citizens of the Golden State, and will no doubt set an important precedent. New York, for example, has similar restrictions; I hope this ruling will provide ammunition for related litigation there and elsewhere.
Third, this “bears” watching: the Supreme Court will be announcing shortly whether it will take on yet another basic Second Amendment issue.
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Hmmm.
Malcolm, from your first link;
The law was adopted after the December 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Its main provision was a dramatic expansion of guns classified as assault weapons banned for sale in the state. The ban now includes any semiautomatic firearm – that is, one that reloads a round after each pull of the trigger – if it has even a single military-style characteristic, such as a pistol grip.
Would you know – does that language mean a double action pistol would be classified an “assault weapon?”
It would certainly seem to make semi-auto pistols such.
in the offchance One-Eye happens about when I typed “double action” I may should’ve used the word revolver.
Well, not really the same thing, JK (as I know you know) though revolvers are double-action.
As an aid to our liberal readers, here’s a handy guide to the major components of a modern rifle.