California's Ammunition Boomerang: Background Checks Still Needed
It's been a crazy 24 hours in California's fight to abolish background checks for ammunition. California has required background checks for ammunition for some time now. This included a provision that ammunition could only be purchases from "authorized retailers". Gone were the days of ordering ammunition on the internet and having it delivered to your house.
We all know that this was a back door gun ban. The editors at 2A Cops were career police officers in Northern California and we knew that this did nothing to protect the citizens of that great state. In fact, government overreach was in full effect when we reported on abuses from California DOJ over this law.
But the good people in California sued the state and US District Judge Roger Benitez, who has given us some great decisions in support of the second amendment, overruled the state. Judge Benitez concluded the state law requiring a background check for ammo purchases violated the Second Amendment rights of gun owners in California. He also said a part of the law banning bringing in ammo from other states without it first being sent through a licensed dealer violated the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Anti Gunner AG Becerra's Injunction
Anti gunner and state Attorney General Xavier Becerra headed to an appeals court in an effort to get an injunction against the decision after Judge Beintez refused Becerra's request for injunction after the ruling. For a short time, ammunition was for sale to Californians again as Palmetto State Armory and other retailers began selling immediately to weary Golden State residents.
But true to form, California found a judge to issue the injunction at close to midnight last night. The injunction stands, for now, and ammunition background checks are in full effect.
What California Cops Think
AG Becerra is no friend to law enforcement or the general public. AG Becerra did what is commonly known as "judge shopping." He found a judge that was agreeable to his point of view and, honestly, a judge that would sign your grocery list. Activist judges do exist and this tactic is common.
California has been vocal about California's $0 bail and the releasing of felons onto the streets. As the mass exodus of inmates flood the streets, the state has been hard at work making it more difficult for you to buy a gun and protect yourself. The police are doing what we can, but you need to arm up to protect yourself. We can't protect you when the judges keep dangerous criminals on the street.