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Looks like all those Trump-appointed judges are starting to pay off. Judge Lawrence VanDyke is a Trump appointee. Judge Ryan Nelson, also a trump-appointee, gave the dissenting opinion. Judge Andrew Kleinfeld was a Bush-appointee.
"A three-judge panel on the 9th Circuit Court of appeals ruled on Thursday that Ventura County, California’s order to close down all gun stores in the county, citing COVID-19 concerns, was unconstitutional.
In its 2-1 decision, the court ruled Ventura County’s 48-day closure for gun and ammo shops and shooting ranges improperly “burdened conduct protected by the Second Amendment.” Because buyers can only purchase guns in California by going directly to a gun store, the court said the county’s COVID-19 policy “wholly prevented law-abiding citizens in the County from realizing their right to keep and bear arms.”
US court rules CA county's gun store COVID shutdown unconstitutional
"A three-judge panel on the 9th Circuit Court of appeals ruled on Thursday that Ventura County, California’s order to close down all gun stores in the county, citing COVID-19 concerns, was unconstitutional.
In its 2-1 decision, the court ruled Ventura County’s 48-day closure for gun and ammo shops and shooting ranges improperly “burdened conduct protected by the Second Amendment.” Because buyers can only purchase guns in California by going directly to a gun store, the court said the county’s COVID-19 policy “wholly prevented law-abiding citizens in the County from realizing their right to keep and bear arms.”
US court rules CA county's gun store COVID shutdown unconstitutional
