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Old December 20, 2011, 10:35 PM   #26
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Ah..............the wheels of justice turn oh so slowly.
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Old December 31, 2011, 10:26 PM   #27
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A new development (not previously announced anywhere).

On Friday, Dec. 30th, a stipulated motion was sent to the court to reset the Case Management Conference (CMC) from Jan 13th to March 30th.

The reason for this delay? It appears another false arrest under the CA Assault Weapons Statutes has been made in Sonoma County by the Cotati Police Dept.

Talks have already taken place between Donald Kilmer and the new plaintiffs attorney and it seems that this new case will be related to Haynie; Richards I and Richards II.

Remembering that the Judge said this stuff was never likely to happen again ... I think a certain Judge is going to be eating some crow pie!

See Doc #49 at the Docket.
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Old January 2, 2012, 12:41 AM   #28
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As the old country sage once said "there is no cure for a terminal case of stupidity"

One of our best weapons is the arogance of the anti gun crowd and the irrational people whom they have in place to enforce their position
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Old January 2, 2012, 04:33 AM   #29
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Y'know... it might be worth the trouble to stage a nice demonstration for the court. The result would be a video showing how wrong police and the public can be about the law.

Imagine seven rifles on a table and you ask five different police officers to identify the CA-defined "assault weapon"[¹]. Do the same with three or four civilians. Among the rifles should be one true (legally registered) "assault rifle", a .22LR version, a modified rifle with no pistol grip, a (likely borrowed) Class-III M16, a CA-compliant "fixed magazine" rifle with a collapsing stock and bayonet lug and two CA-compliant "standard" AR-15 pattern rifles.


For non-Californians - CA has two (2) statutes. The 1989 law lists specific makes and models - such as the Colt AR-15 and Bushmaster XM15 - by name. After names were changed, CA added a "ban by features" that included things like a pistol grip, detachable magazine and any one of a list of features (bayonet lug, flash hider, collapsing stock, etc.)

In the demo above, the .22LR version is exempt because the law deines an AW as a "centerfire" rifle. Likewise, without a "protruding pistol grip" the rifle does not meet the definition under the "features" ban. The actual M-16 is not a banned "assault rifle" but a "machine gun" in CA. The "bullet button" mentioned requires the use of a bullet tip (or similar probe) to release the 10-round magazine which qualifies as a "fixed" magazine and exempts the rifle from the AW statute.


¹ "Assault weapon" as defined by CA law, not by military arms terminology the rest of the world uses.
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Old January 2, 2012, 09:08 AM   #30
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A copy of the civil complaint of Richards II can be read here.

If we browse down to Pp. 19, paragraph 78(f), we find that Max Horowitz is the defendant in a (then ongoing) criminal action out of Cotati, CA. This would appear to be the 4th case talked about in the stipulated agreement.
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Old January 8, 2012, 11:37 AM   #31
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That is pretty funny. The judge said there is no chance of him being arrested again and bam! they do it again.

I wonder how the judge feels with all that egg on his face?
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Old January 9, 2012, 11:54 PM   #32
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Just moved to CA

This is of the highest interest for me as I am a new resident and not real used to having my right restricted. Thank you all who translate and repost the legal jargon!
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Old March 24, 2012, 05:22 PM   #33
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The answer is simple - if you can't legally defeat them, drain their resources in frivolous court battles and frazzle their nerves with continued arrest and threat of arrest. Eventually they will grow so weary of these activities they will either leave or rid themselves of the rifles. It is a simple and effective battle plan for those with "unlimited" access to state funds for said legal activities.

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Old May 1, 2012, 11:05 PM   #34
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Just a note.

The defendants were to file their answer to the amended complaint on or before today, May 1st. They have until midnight Pacific time to do this. I just checked and the brief was not filed.
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Old May 1, 2012, 11:21 PM   #35
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May 1st. They have until midnight Pacific time to do this. I just checked and the brief was not filed.
That sucks. I wonder why?
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Old May 2, 2012, 01:52 PM   #36
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Doesn't suck at all.

We're siding with the plaintiffs on this one, the defense is the State. I'm sure they'll file something, it'll be interesting how they defend this one.
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Old May 3, 2012, 03:34 PM   #37
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That is pretty funny. The judge said there is no chance of him being arrested again and bam! they do it again.
Did the plaintiff set out to structure events to guaranteee that he would get arrested? What are the details?
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Old May 3, 2012, 09:21 PM   #38
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I don't see a defendant filing on the docket within the deadline of midnight, May 1st.
I'm guessing they didn't make it, so what happens now?
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Old May 4, 2012, 01:33 AM   #39
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I don't know the rules of this court, but defendant state very likely got an extension of time granted by stipulation for it to plead.
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Old October 28, 2012, 10:12 AM   #40
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A bit of an update.

The newest included case, Plog-Horowitz, was dismissed with prejudice last Wed., the 24th. There appears to be a bunch of other controversy over this plaintiff that Don Kilmer did not initially know about.

Maestro Pistolero has been following this more than I, so maybe he will tell us what has happened (you're welcome Chris ).

Suffice it to say, The court is ordering a new consolidated and amended complaint to be filed within 5 days. It is also ordered that the defendants now have 60 days to file their answer.
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