New TZP Column: JONES v. Bonta


Scrutinizing JONES v. BONTA
The big news in American human/civil rights today is JONES vs. BONTA, overturning the California ban on long guns for 10-20 year-olds.

To hear from a lot of “news” outlets this morning, the Ninth Circuit ruled against the ban. Most headlines read that way, and many even continue that into the reports themselves. A few correctly point out that the ruling came from a three judge panel of the Ninth, rather than the whole circuit. That’s pretty important, for reasons beyond the obvious option for appeal.
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The devil in the appeal is in the details. Specifically, the dissent in the panel’s ruling.

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2A advocate, writer, firearms policy & law analyst, general observer of pre-apocalyptic American life.

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