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SILVESTER v. HARRIS

No. 14-16840.

843 F.3d 816 (2016)

Jeff SILVESTER; Brandon Combs; The Calguns Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization; The Second Amendment Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Kamala D. HARRIS, Attorney General of the State of California, in her official capacity, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 14, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan M. Eisenberg (argued) and Peter H. Chang , Deputy Attorneys General; Mark R. Beckington , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Douglas J. Woods , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, San Francisco, California; for Defendant-Appellant.

Bradley A. Benbrook (argued) and Stephen M. Duvernay , Benbrook Law Group PC, Sacramento, California; Donald E.J. Kilmer, Jr. , Law Offices of Donald Kilmer, San Jose, California; Victor J. Otten , Otten Law PC, Torrance, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Anna M. Barvir , Clinton B. Monfort , and C.D. Michel , Michel & Associates PC, Long Beach, California, for Amici Curiae California Rifle and Pistol Association and Gun Owners of California.

Jeremiah L. Morgan , John S. Miles , William J. Olson , Robert J. Olson , and Herbert W. Titus , William J. Olson P.C., Vienna, Virginia; for Amici Curiae Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, U.S. Justice Foundation, The Lincoln Institute for Research and Education, The Abraham Lincoln Foundation for Public Policy Research, Inc., Institute on the Constitution, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Michael Connelly , Ramona, California, as and for Amicus Curiae U.S. Justice Foundation.

George M. Lee , Seiler Epstein Ziegler & Applegate LLP, San Francisco, California; John R. Lott, Jr. , Ph.D., Crime Prevention Research Center, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; for Amicus Curiae Crime Prevention Research Center.

Marienne H. Murch , Rebecca A. Jacobs , and Simon J. Frankel , Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

Jonathan E. Taylor and Deepak Gupta , Gupta Beck PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Everytown for Gun Safety.

David Skaar and Anthony Basich , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Los Angeles, California; Jonathan E. Lowry , Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence-Legal Action Project, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

Concurrence by Chief Judge Thomas

OPINION

INTRODUCTION

California has extensive laws regulating the sale and purchase of firearms. The State now appeals the district court's judgment in favor of Plaintiffs in their Second Amendment challenge to the State's law establishing a 10-day waiting period for all lawful purchases of guns.<...

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