And finally… armed dissent
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A judge has drawn criticism from his colleagues after filming a video of him loading several guns in his judicial chambers which he then attached to a dissenting judgment.
The nearly 20-minute long video was posted to YouTube by the American judge as he dissented from a ruling upholding a California law which restricts the size of gun magazines.
The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled by 7-4 that the law was compatible with the Second Amendment, CNN reports.
However, Judge Lawrence VanDyke disagreed and said the video was necessary to show “why California’s proposed test and the one my colleagues are adopting today simply does not work”.
His stunt was criticised by others on the bench, including Judge Marsha S. Berzon, who said he was essentially appointing himself as an expert witness in the case.
California’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, welcomed the majority ruling upholding the “common-sense restriction” which he said would save lives.
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