{"id":5378,"date":"2010-07-01T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2010\/07\/01\/reality-bites\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:11:14","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:11:14","slug":"reality-bites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=5378","title":{"rendered":"Reality Bites"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:19359,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.rwglaw.com\\\/attorneys\\\/sayre-weaver.aspx&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.rwglaw.com\\\/attorneys\\\/sayre-weaver.aspx&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:19360,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Nordyke_v._King&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260318013829\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Nordyke_v._King&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 06:52:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 06:52:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:19361,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/articles.latimes.com\\\/2005\\\/nov\\\/07\\\/local\\\/me-profile7&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20151018054418\\\/http:\\\/\\\/articles.latimes.com\\\/2005\\\/nov\\\/07\\\/local\\\/me-profile7&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 06:52:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 06:52:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:19362,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.rwglaw.com\\\/news\\\/ealerts\\\/ealert-25.aspx&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.rwglaw.com\\\/news\\\/ealerts\\\/ealert-25.aspx&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rwglaw.com\/attorneys\/sayre-weaver.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sayre Weaver<\/a> is one of the leading legal lights of the gun control movement in California. She is one of the lead attorneys for the County of Alameda in the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nordyke_v._King\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nordyke case<\/a> and she helped the City of West Hollywood develop their law prohibiting the sale of &#8220;junk guns&#8221;(sic). She has won awards from Women Against Gun Violence and the California Wellness Foundation for her work on gun control. The <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2005\/nov\/07\/local\/me-profile7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LA Times writes glowing articles<\/a> about her that characterize her &#8220;as the California gun lobby&#8217;s Public Enemy No. 1.&#8221; So, when she says the McDonald decision is likely to spawn lawsuits challenging local gun control laws, I listen.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rwglaw.com\/news\/ealerts\/ealert-25.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weaver released her analysis on the impact of McDonald v. Chicago<\/a> on Monday. Her analysis centers on the likely immediate impact that McDonald will have for local governments in California.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Local ordinances regulating firearm possession and sale are now more open to challenge on Second Amendment grounds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><i>It appears likely that McDonald will generate challenges to a wide range of local firearms regulations, as well as ammunition regulations&#8230;..Because the Court has given little guidance on what standard a firearms regulation must meet to survive challenge under the Second Amendment, we anticipate that the decision will embolden individual litigants to challenge a wide range of firearms laws, including long standing laws that have previously survived challenge in the courts.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Local firearms ordinances must now meet a more rigorous constitutional standard to survive legal challenge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><i>Because any restriction on firearms possession or sale might be argued to create some burden on the right to possess a firearm for self-defense in the home, local governments should anticipate numerous lawsuits challenging a wide range of firearms laws. There are already a number of such challenges in the California courts, which were stayed while those courts waited for McDonald.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Local ordinances regulating possession of handguns or prohibiting certain types of handguns are more vulnerable to challenge under the Second Amendment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><i>Because the Second Amendment right articulated by the Court pertains to possession of handguns, which the Court characterizes as the most popular weapon among Americans for self-defense, it is likely that local regulations of handguns will be challenged under the Second Amendment. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Successful Second Amendment challenges to local laws may result in the award of attorney fees against a city and to the challenging party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While she doesn&#8217;t come out and say it, if a city loses a challenge to a firearm restriction in court, they will end up paying the costs for both the defense and the plaintiffs. In case-strapped California, this should make some municipalities think twice.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Local governments considering adopting new firearms ordinances may wish to consult with their City Attorneys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><i>&#8230;ordinances will now be subject to a stricter test in the courts, and the legislative findings that may be needed for a given law to pass muster under the Second Amendment will be of particular importance.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe bottom line for Weaver is that the world as she knew it has changed with McDonald.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sayre Weaver is one of the leading legal lights of the gun control movement in California. 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