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9th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds California’s Ban on ‘High-Capacity Firearm Magazines’

December 1, 2021 2:18 amNovember 30, 2021 9:19 pm

An 11 judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled 7-4 on Tuesday to uphold California’s ban on high-capacity firearm magazines, overturning an earlier District Court ruling. In 2016, California voters voted in favor on Proposition...

Court Of Appeals To Hear California High-Capacity Magazine Limit Law Again

February 26, 2021 7:38 amFebruary 27, 2021 2:08 pm

On Thursday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced that an 11-member panel will reconsider a ruling made last year that had ruled against California’s ban on high-capacity magazines for firearms. High-capacity magazines have been under constant debate and...

California’s High-Capacity Magazine Ban Overturned By 9th Circuit Court

August 14, 2020 8:40 pmAugust 16, 2020 7:22 am

On Friday, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against California’s ban against high-capacity ammunition magazines, citing California’s gun law as a Second Amendment violation. California ban found to violate Second Amendment In a 2-1 decision, the San Francisco-based...

Kamala Harris Calls for ‘Mental Health Justice’

December 1, 2019 10:03 amDecember 2, 2019 2:58 pm

“Our country is in a mental health crisis,” proclaims California Sen. Kamala Harris, and “over 45 million adults – nearly 20 percent of all U.S. adults – experience mental illness in 2017.” In 25 states, Harris explains, the suicide rate...

Newsom and the Nineties

November 16, 2019 2:42 amNovember 18, 2019 8:10 am

“America in 2019 is California in the 1990s,” California Governor Gavin Newsom recently told Politico. “The xenophobia, the nativism, the fear of ‘the other.’ Scapegoating. Talking down or past people. The hysteria. And so, we’re not going to put up with that....

Sacramento Mayor Steinberg Deploys Budget Bludgeon

June 1, 2019 10:45 amJune 1, 2019 10:51 am

“Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg is being accused of playing Chicago-style politics,” writes Theresa Clift in the Sacramento Bee, “seeking retribution against two critics on the City Council by ignoring their districts in a $16 million spending proposal.” According to the...