CA Gov. Jerry Brown Vetoes Draconian Gun Laws

[OCGuy]

In D.C. vs Heller SCOTUS held in it's majority opinion that "Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose"
So yes according to SCOTUS interperation of the 2nd Amendment it is constitutional to place limits on firearm possesion. Of course SCOTUS has left it open as to what those limits are. It will be up to further cases to start figuring out what those limits are.

Jerry Brown actually wrote a "friend of the court" brief in favor of Heller in that case.

In fact, in his veto message of 374 (weapons ban), he references the Heller ruling, by using the phrase "Common Use" when discussing the rifles.

As moonbeamy as he is, he thinks things out at least.

On a side note, a court in Illinois is pushing Heller even further:



"As the Seventh Circuit correctly noted, neither Heller nor McDonald expressly limits the second amendment’s protections to the home. On the contrary both decisions contain language strongly suggesting if not outright confirming that the second amendment right to keep and bear arms extends beyond the home. Moreover, if Heller means what it says, and “individual self-defense” is indeed “the central component” of the second amendment right to keep and bear arms, then it would make little sense to restrict that right to the home, as “[c]onfrontations are not limited to the home.”

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/20...rt-right-keep-bear-arms-extends-outside-home/

 

[HumblePie]

From Wikipedia.
And the article referenced by Wiki. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/es063001l

And there is a law already specifically there targetting the problem for condors. Has been in place for a long time. So what does a complete ban on lead ammo do that is particularly helpful beyond what is already in place?

 

[CrackRabbit]

And there is a law already specifically there targetting the problem for condors. Has been in place for a long time. So what does a complete ban on lead ammo do that is particularly helpful beyond what is already in place?

I can see it being helpful in a couple of ways.
By making the lead ban uniform it means that hunters traveling from other parts of California into areas with the ban not have to worry that the ammo they carry could get them a fine from the game warden.
Also, as the condors repopulate their habitat is likely to spread beyond the fairly small area of central California that it is today. By lessening the threat of lead poisoning from hunters in all of California it makes one less burden in helping repopulate a endangered species.

 

[Brovane]

Jerry Brown actually wrote a "friend of the court" brief in favor of Heller in that case.

In fact, in his veto message of 374 (weapons ban), he references the Heller ruling, by using the phrase "Common Use" when discussing the rifles.

As moonbeamy as he is, he thinks things out at least.

I agree, Brown at least recognizes that Guns have a legitimate place in American households. Their is some people on the left that view all guns as evil. I know with the High Capacity Magazine ban that a Democrat out of Berkley was proposing to ban even the possesion of high capacity magazines. Well Brown had a talk with this legislator and told them that he wasn't going to sign a law banning something that was already legal previously. The law that was passed basically banned buying parts for high capacity magazines and assembling them.