California – -(AmmoLand.com)- Lawful gun owners and potential new gun owners in California have long suffered from a clever but quite unconstitutional state law that essentially banned the sale of any handgun released for sale since early 2013.
The result is an unjustified limit on what guns law-abiding Californians can legally purchase. But thanks to a new lawsuit filed this week by California Rifle & Pistol Association, this blatant attack on “gun culture” could soon be but a bad memory.
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The case, which is filed as Boland v Bonta, seeks a declaratory judgment that the law violates the 2nd and 14th Amendments and asks the court to issue an injunction to halt enforcement immediately. If successful, this suit would invalidate the state’s approach and allow law-abiding Californians access to the latest firearms technology, as they should have had all along.
“Californians have long been held hostage under the state’s arbitrary determination of what is or is not a “safe handgun” while the rest of American enjoys the freedom to own commonly used firearms,” stated CRPA President & General Counsel Chuck Michel. “Today, CRPA moves to end those restrictions and restore freedom to Californians.”
The filing points out how many Americans are exercising their Second Amendment rights for purpose of self-defense in light of the “unsettling and increasingly commonplace failure and even unwillingness of the authorities to suppress civil unrest, respond to active threats, and maintain order.” Barring law-abiding citizens access to the latest in firearm technology limits the ability of those citizens to protect themselves, their families, and their property.
The filing also points out the innate contradictions of the law, which purports to increase gun safety but includes ONLY older weapons that do not meet the state’s criteria. Making a list of “safe” guns that fail the state’s own standards points up the hypocrisy of the law.
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The simple fact is that democratic controls states care little for the us constitution and admit that fact openly. The democratic party now has eyes on the supreme court which they desperately want total control over. The leaders of the democratic party have even gone as far as to threaten the members of the court. Guns are the talking point they always are when the democrats have big political loses stacking up. Slow Joe Biden is now being upstaged by want to be President Pelosi in Asia. The media news cycle is Nancy Nancy Nancy how brave she is against… Read more »
So the question is this: why have we waited so long to file on this particular piece of Jim Crow legislation when it has obviously been an arbitrary and unsubstantiated infringement on the free exercise of a natural right? I don’t mean to be critical, and I speak as a Life Member of CRPA who became one while stationed in California. I give credit (and donations) where due and love your organization. But this hang fire has been going on for far too long. When I was stationed in California law enforcement agencies and other government agencies of CA came… Read more »
Chip these illegal policies one at a time, just as they try to do to our RTKBA.
But California has history on it’s side. After all, the colonists were not allowed to own cannons. (Sarcasm.)
Tolerance will reach such a level that intelligent people will be banned from thinking so as not to offend the imbeciles.
Dostoevsky
I’m thinking better late than never ? Shouldn’t this had been dealt with long ago ? Maybe the fight wouldn’t be so hard now ?
The California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA), founded in 1875, is a nonprofit membership and donor-supported organization with tens of thousands of members throughout California.
CRPA, the article would have been more informative if you had mentioned: California LEOs are exempt from this law – they can purchase personal off-roster handguns; California LEOs are exempt from this law – they can sell off-roster handguns to mere “civilians” (something heavily regulated FFLs are not allowed to do); The profit California LEOs make on selling off-roster handguns is large due to government interference with a free market (the handguns demand a premium because the government made them illegal for “civilians” to purchase from FFLs); Who advocated/supported the passing of this law; Who ensured LEOs were exempt from… Read more »