Federal Judge Releases ‘Show-and-Tell’ Gun Video in Unusual Dissent in Second Amendment Case

A federal circuit judge, Lawrence VanDyke, produces a YouTube video of himself handling guns in his office.

Via Judge Lawrence VanDyke
A federal circuit court judge, Lawrence VanDyke, who wrote a dissenting opinion and added a link to the gun video he produced in his chambers. Via Judge Lawrence VanDyke

A federal appeals court judge handled and explained handguns in a video as part of his dissent to a Second Amendment case, a move a fellow judge called “wildly improper.”

The Ninth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals voted 7-4 to uphold California’s ban on large-capacity magazines on Thursday. Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke, a Trump appointee, wrote a dissenting opinion and added a link to the gun video he produced in his chambers.

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