Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Jeff Silvester v. Kamala Harris

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided December 14, 2016No. 14-16840Published

1ConcurrenceThomas, Chief Judge

I agree entirely with, and concur in, the majority opinion. I write separately, however, because the challenge to California’s tern-day waiting period can be resolved at step one of our Second Amendment jurisprudence. As a longstanding qualification on the commercial sale of arms under District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 128 S.Ct. 2783, 171 L.Ed.2d 637 (2008), a ten-day waiting period is presumptively lawful. Therefore, it is unnecessary to proceed to the second step intermediate scrutiny examination of the law.

Heller and McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 U.S. 742, 130 S.Ct. 3020,…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. District of Columbia v. HellerSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  2. United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  3. Kachalsky v. County of WestchesterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2012
  4. National Rifle Ass'n of America, Inc. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & ExplosivesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
  5. Espanola Jackson v. City and County of San FrancisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014

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