United States California Gun Control Lawsuit, Renna v. Bonta

ShadowArxxy

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Renna v. Bonta is a civil rights lawsuit against the State of California which has been quietly winding its way through the federal court system over the past two years. It challenges California’s handgun roster law on the basis of the precedent set in the well-known Heller ruling. It hasn’t gotten very much attention (as far as I’m aware) because it’s still in the incredibly boring preliminary stage of “all the opening technicalities”, but it’s very important in terms of setting a precedent.

How boring? California’s latest filing, “Answer to Third Amended Complaint”, is almost literally 22 pages of repeatedly saying, “Paragraph X of the TAC consists of legal argument and/or conclusions that do not require admission or denial. To the extent admission or denial is required, Defendants deny all allegations.” and “In response to the allegations in paragraph Y of the TAC, Defendants lack knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of the allegations and, therefore, deny them.” Note that the latter is *not* an admission of stupidity; it’s a standard legal phrasing because at the complaint/answer stage, the plaintiff makes allegations and the defense does not *yet* present any rebuttals.
 

ShadowArxxy

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While we’re not going to see any actual decision made for several years further, this case is an important precedent in fleshing out the reach of the (intentionally broad) Heller standard, and in particular in cutting off past and future attempts to enact far-reaching gun control prohibitions on a sideways/backwards basis of product safety regulation.
 

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