California Agrees to Pay $1.3 Million Settlement for Unconstitutional Ban on Gun Advertising

[livingston]

California Agrees to Pay $1.3 Million Settlement for Unconstitutional Ban on Gun Advertising​

On Tuesday, California agreed to a settlement with the Second Amendment Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, and other plaintiffs, and will pay over $1.3 million to cover the plaintiffs’ attorney fees.

Breitbart News quoted Ninth Circuit Judge Kenneth Lee’s September 2023 majority opinion against the law, where he wrote “…that [the Marketing Firearms to Minors Law] does not directly and materially advance California’s substantial interests in reducing gun violence and the unlawful use of firearms by minors. There was no evidence in the record that a minor in California has ever unlawfully bought a gun, let alone because of an ad.”

The Second Amendment Foundation also posted to X, “Gavin Newsom passed a law to attack the First Amendment because he was mad about a .22lr rifle that was meant for junior shooters. That little stunt has cost California taxpayers over a million dollars, not including whatever [California Department of Justice] spent on their own lawyers. $350k to SAF, $550k to the CRPA coalition of plaintiffs in the same lawsuit, and another $480k in the parallel Safari Club International case on the same issues.”

California to Pay $1.3M Settlement for Ban on Gun Advertising

California agreed to a settlement with SAF and other plaintiffs and will pay over $1.3 million to cover the plaintiffs' attorney fees.

www.breitbart.com

 

[spat]

California Agrees to Pay $1.3 Million Settlement for Unconstitutional Ban on Gun Advertising​

On Tuesday, California agreed to a settlement with the Second Amendment Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, and other plaintiffs, and will pay over $1.3 million to cover the plaintiffs’ attorney fees.

Breitbart News quoted Ninth Circuit Judge Kenneth Lee’s September 2023 majority opinion against the law, where he wrote “…that [the Marketing Firearms to Minors Law] does not directly and materially advance California’s substantial interests in reducing gun violence and the unlawful use of firearms by minors. There was no evidence in the record that a minor in California has ever unlawfully bought a gun, let alone because of an ad.”

The Second Amendment Foundation also posted to X, “Gavin Newsom passed a law to attack the First Amendment because he was mad about a .22lr rifle that was meant for junior shooters. That little stunt has cost California taxpayers over a million dollars, not including whatever [California Department of Justice] spent on their own lawyers. $350k to SAF, $550k to the CRPA coalition of plaintiffs in the same lawsuit, and another $480k in the parallel Safari Club International case on the same issues.”

California to Pay $1.3M Settlement for Ban on Gun Advertising

California agreed to a settlement with SAF and other plaintiffs and will pay over $1.3 million to cover the plaintiffs' attorney fees.

www.breitbart.com

Nothing will change until the actual legislators and their staffers that were involved are forced to reimburse the taxpayers for the money they wasted.

And, yes, the staffers should be on the hook too. If your boss tells you to violate someone's rights, "just following orders" shouldn't let you off the hook.

Every government employee should have to keep that in the back of their mind at all times. The rest of the country manages to do their jobs while worring about getting sued every time they make a decision, having a .gov email address shouldn't get you off the hook either.

 

[Cavalry]

$1.3m big deal, thats the cost of doing business/stomping on your peasants.

 

[FP1201]

$1.3 is the Bar Tab for one of their self indulging retreats.

 

[Zerex]

Funny, I see no billboards in NYS, advertising gun shops nearby......In Pa, yes, same with fireworks.

 

[Saltwater60]

Glad to see something happening.