2nd Amendment VIOLATED In LA Gun Shops

Written By BlabberBuzz | Thursday, 27 January 2022 03:45 PM
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2nd Amendment VIOLATED In LA Gun Shops

On Thursday, a three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Los Angeles and Ventura counties violated the second amendment by closing gun and ammunition stores during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The verdict stresses a reversal from an earlier District Court decision.

During the early months of the pandemic in 2020, both counties classified gun and ammunition stores as "non-essential," which allowed these stores to be closed under pandemic policies to curb the spread of COVID-19.

While the closures in LA county lasted just 11 days, Ventura County's closures continued for 48 days, reportedly prompting many to find guns outside of the county, according to the California Globe.

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The largest suit filed against these countries came from the Second Amendment Foundation, the California Gun Rights Foundation, and the Firearms Policy Coalition. Their suit sued both counties as well as the Ventura County Public Health Care Agency. Additional suits were filed by County gun clubs and the NRA, as well as others.

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McDougall v. Ventura County was first heard in lower courts in 2020 and 2021, with the U.S. District Court ruling against Kelly Ann McDougall and the gun group plaintiffs.

"The closure of non-essential businesses, including firearms and ammunition retailers, reasonably fits the City's and County's stated objectives of reducing the spread of this disease," wrote US District Judge Andre Birotte Jr.

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The groups appealed the case to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where the case heard statements last year.

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In their opinion filed last week, the three-judge panel determined that the closures of these businesses violated the second amendment and that gun stores are not covered under non-essential business shut down orders.

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"Because buyers can obtain guns only by personally going to gun stores in California, Ventura County's 48-day closure of gun shops, ammunition shops and firing ranges wholly prevented law-abiding citizens in the County from realizing their right to keep and bear arms," the judges stated.

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"The Orders therefore wholly prevented law-abiding citizens in the County from realizing their right to keep and bear arms, both by prohibiting access to acquiring any firearm and ammunition, and barring practice at firing ranges with any firearms already owned. These blanket prohibitions on access and practice clearly burden conduct protected by the Second Amendment and fail under both strict and intermediate scrutiny."

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Second amendment rights groups and activists celebrated the ruling.

"The court today rightfully recognized that Los Angeles County violated Second Amendment rights when it shut down gun stores and ranges in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic," said NRA director of the Office of Litigation Counsel Michael Jean.

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"This is an important decision. It ensures that California—or any state—can not use a crisis to trample on the Constitutional rights of citizens."

"This is what happens when authoritarian governments use COVID as an excuse to attack Second Amendment rights," said Firearms Policy Coalition vice president of programs Adam Kraut in a statement.

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