Baird v. Bonta Oral Arguments

I finally watched all the way through.   While Judge Smith seemed to gave poked our attorney pretty hard about the open carry license application being available, all three judges did a serious number on the California Deputy A-G.

Judge Smith pointed out that the antebellum decisions upholding concealed bans and the pre-Bruen Peruta decision held that as long as one form of carry was available,  the other could be restrictively licensed or prohibited.

Judge Lee (who some speculate may have been one of Koreatown Rooftop Defenders) pointed out the Rumford Act which banned carrying of loaded firearms in cities was aimed at the Black Panthers.  California's attorney argued that it was hard to know if there was a racial motive.  Judge Van Dyke continued show his skepticism of just about every part of the law.