Are Trump judicial appointees ruling in favor of gun rights?
By Samuel Henning
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Fulfilling 2016 campaign vows, President Trump's judicial appointees have ruled in support of Second Amendment gun rights in a number of high-profile cases. The Giffords Law Center, an organization advocating for stricter gun-control laws, is warning that gun safety is under attack in the courts. The Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization, has said Trump's judicial appointments so far are his "most enduring legacy with respect to the Second Amendment."
Recently, a federal court threw out a California law banning high-capacity magazines, with the opinion written by a Trump appointee. In another case, a Trump appointee dissented from a ruling upholding laws banning nonviolent felons from owning guns.
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