If an attorney knowingly files a frivolous suit on behalf of a client, the court can levy sanctions. The problem is there's a high bar to meet the frivolity standard, i.e. the attorney needs to know that the suit has no basis in law and/or fact at the time of filing.
There's controversy because rich antis still don't want carry, or private possession, anywhere. The "Vampire Rule" was/is one of their key tools to achieve that, and they can afford to pay for the attorneys, media, and politicians who keep pushing for it.
In order to have a split, we'd need a clear appellate win somewhere, wouldn't we? None of the states in the 2A-friendly appellate diatricts would pass any of these sorts of laws for us to challenge.
I wonder if some Texans who wanted to CCW in Oregon would be able to demonstrate nexus in 5CA, so they could sue there rather than 9CA? There's no point filing suit in 9CA; the outcome would be predetermined.
It's an emergency stay, but a stay is only granted if the judge believes the requester is likely to eventually prevail on merits during appeal. So that judge is telegraphing how he/she will decide when/if the issue comes up in their appellate court.
I guess Brown won't care that if Glock decides to stop doing business in this state, police departments where they're issue will be SOL for parts, service, and additional purchases? Yes, I know, rhetorical question.
It is wide open. The wording is such that it means whatever an anti-2A MDAG or or county State's Attorney can convince a anti-2A MD judge it means, with words like "reasonable", and "in the totality" sprinkled in to make sure there are no objective standards that must be met. Plus, it's a...
M17 extracts better, until your ejector spring breaks. Had that happen during a match.
It's almost like the Brits who designed the P14 forgot to design one on and added it as an afterthought once the machine drawings were done.
"Oy! The ejector don' work!"
"Bloody 'ell. Oh, let's just cut...
I get the same blank look when I put a 5.56 cartridge on the table next to a 30-30, .308 and 30-06 asking which is the AR-15 cartridge and which are the most popular cartridges in the US for deer hunting. They inevitably pick the 30-06 as the super-killy AR round. It's even more fun if I add...
Most of us saw this coming when Bruen was announced, having seen how lower courts and local jurisdictions have played passive-aggressive in complying with Heller, McDonald, Caetano, et al.. The jurisdictions that passed and maintain these laws won't give them up without a fight, regardless of...
I'd use a scatological word rather than "fireworks". :sad20:
I guess best outcome from this hearing for us is they don't remand back down to Distract and actually write an opinion. But the real hope is in SCOTUS acting on the preliminary actions currently in front of them, even without a...
Worst case, Bruen should fix "new tech" as something that wasn't in existence when Bruen was decided. Nothing on MD's ban list was not in existence at the time of Bruen, except for the couple of guns that never were produced in the first place.
Not that "new tech" should be an issue at...
It's amazing how overt some of those judges are about how they think they, and the Party State can simply ignore the plain text of a SCOTUS decision. They're not even trying to airbrush a patina of compliance on their statements.
Isn't there an appeal to SCOTUS on 4CA's denial of a PI still...