Last Thursday, Gavin Newsom, the governor of the Kaliforniyskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika (California Socialist Republic), lashed out at a three-judge panel in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals after it upheld a federal district court’s ruling that California’s law requiring background checks for ammunition was unconstitutional.
In a press release, Newsom said: “Strong gun laws save lives – and today’s decision is a slap in the face to the progress California has made in recent years to keep its communities safer from gun violence. Californians voted to require background checks on ammunition and their voices should matter.”
Of course, there’s never been any evidence to show gun laws, strong or otherwise, are particularly good at saving lives. Based on the evidence we have, the defensive use of guns saves far more lives every year.
As far as any “progress,” Newsom really needs to read the stuff that lands on his desk. Despite having passed some of the most restrictive (and ridiculous) gun control laws in U.S. history, California’s own Department of Justice said the violent crime rate rose 31% in the ten years from 2014 to 2023. In addition, the murder rate rose 11 percent.
On the other side of ‘gun violence’, the state saw an approximately one percent decline in the overall suicide rate, which is good. However, suicides committed with firearms rose three percent, which is bad if you’ve been pushing red flag laws.
Neither of these sounds like California has made any progress in keeping “communities safer from gun violence.”
In fact, the only thing strong about those “strong gun laws” is the stench.
The ammunition law is not the only reason Newsom’s singing the Blue State Blues. Last month, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals tossed California’s one-gun-per-month law. A Biden-appointed federal district court judge has ruled a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff over lengthy delays in issuing concealed-carry licenses can proceed.
Newsom’s also looking over his shoulder because California’s assault weapons ban and its magazine restrictions have already been ruled unconstitutional – twice. Only the judicial creativity of the Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals stands between him and what the Second Amendment actually means. If the Supreme Court pays any attention to the amicus curiae brief flied by the Department of Justice last month, J.B. Pritzker isn’t going to be the only blue state governor to start sweating.
In his statement, Newsom also said: “Californians voted to require background checks on ammunition and their voices should matter.”
That doesn’t say a whole lot of good things about Californians and their votes, especially the coasties on the shaky side of the San Andreas Fault. After all, they elected him governor. Twice.
About Bill Cawthon
Bill Cawthon first became a gun owner 55 years ago. He has been an active advocate for Americans’ civil liberties for more than a decade. He is the information director for the Second Amendment Society of Texas.
Governor hairspray is a corrupt authoritarian sleezeball with no morals. He belongs in prison or a psych ward for sociopathic criminals. In any case, I would never abide by a single Commiefornia gun law. They aren’t worth the paper they’re written on.
only in the twisted, demented mind of a far left radical progressive bent upon total authoritarian control over their citizens does what ol’ gav says make sense. neither statistics or research matter to them, only their desires.
to the rest of us with a working brain what he says is just plain old lies from a far left radical progressive politician.
on a side note, nice to see the 9th circus make a proper ruling, especially on a Second Amendment case.
Not one gun law has EVER saved a life. Ever. Laws only exist to exact punishment after-the-fact. Laws don’t and can’t stop anything. A fence can. A gun can. But a law can not.
they let illegals vote ,people that cant buy a gun so they dont want you to have a gun or ammo
So who are we to question Lil Gavin? After all, he is a distinguished graduate of the Jim Crow School of Constitutional Law. As a true blue progressive he knows only the elite should have access to firearms and ammunition. After all, the lives of the great unwashed, the 90% are not worth defending in the first place. More abortion clinics, fewer gun stores and ranges. That is his answer.
‘Gavin Newsom’
Think Movie; “Constantine”
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“Balthazar”
We bow down to you King Gavin almighty ruler.
It doesn’t matter what Californians vote for: unconstitutional is unconstitutional.
So I guess his next move will be to put an extra fee on it that will go towards a new “Gun Violence Prevention Agency” and those funds will go to the general fund so he can suck that money out for the French Laundry and haircuts.
Make Kommiefornia Un-SUCK again! Oh, was there a time that it didn’t?
Lived there since 1958 to 2013 and I don’t recall when Sacratomato didn’t!
Kalifornians have not had a say in their rigged machines elections in over 20 years. It’s the only way Newscum defeated his recall election.