California Needs to Stop Ignoring Supreme Court

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2024/01/26/ca-supreme-court-n79795

There’s a crisis brewing in Texas at the border. The state is trying to
stem the tide of illegal immigration and the Biden White House seems
determined to encourage it.

The Supreme Court made a lot of people mad when they told Texas they
couldn’t keep the feds from cutting the razor wire being used to prevent
illegal immigration. There’s enough nuance there to be a post of its own,
of course, but that will take it beyond what we talk about here.

Needless to say, though, a lot of people on the left–which includes the
vast majority of anti-gunners–are celebrating the Supreme Court right now.
They love it, even if they don’t actually understand what the Court
actually said.

And yet, while they seem all about the rule of law and think Texas
replacing the razor wire is ignoring the Court–at least in spirit, as they
see it–they routinely and really ignore the Court on guns. Especially
California.

The new year saw the customary barrage of new California gun control laws.
The most appalling is Sen. Anthony Portantino’s Senate Bill 2, a
rebellious reaction to last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling NYSRPA v.
Bruen. SB 2 has nothing to do with criminals. Rather, it selectively
targets only one group—holders of a license to carry a concealed firearm
for self protection (CCW).

SB 2 is one of a flurry of statutes rushed into law by California and a
few other states whose purpose is to openly defy Bruen, which confirms
that the “and bear” arms part of the Second Amendment means what it says.
Already, these Bruen tantrum laws are being struck down in federal court
appeals. SB 2 is now partially enjoined pending appeal. But the purpose of
these laws is clear — first, to make California an even more dangerous
legal minefield for gun owners and second, to signal defiance of the
Supreme Court.

It’s obvious by now that California state officials have no intention of
respecting our nation’s highest court. They must be compelled, at long
last, to honor the civil right that is the second one listed in our Bill
of Rights. And yes, there is precedent.

Meanwhile, a lot of people who support all of California’s anti-gun laws
are screaming their support for the Supreme Court’s decision on Texas,
little as they understand it–for the record, Texas was simply enjoined
from keeping feds of federal land. Nothing said they couldn’t put the
razor wire back after the feds left.

It’s also kind of sadly hilarious that these are often the same people who
declared this very same Supreme Court illegitimate after the Bruen and
Dobbs decisions.

They’re the same people who try to stretch Bruen to mean whatever they
want it to mean. They disagreed with the ruling and now try to conform to
what they figure is the letter of the ruling, but not the spirit.

Anti-gunners are routinely hypocritical in many ways, but this sudden
veneration of the Supreme Court–all based on a poor understanding of
it–while simultaneously ignoring previous rulings may well be the most
bizarre thing no one had on their 2024 bingo card.


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