Disassembling Glock

Dan McLaughlin has some thoughts (Dec. 2) on the possible constitutional infirmities of the recent Ninth Circuit decision in Ileto v. Glock (Nov. 20, Nov. 26), in which a three-judge panel okayed a suit against gunmakers for supposedly “oversupplying” the West Coast market in such a way that a crazed neo-Nazi was able to obtain […]

Dan McLaughlin has some thoughts (Dec. 2) on the possible constitutional infirmities of the recent Ninth Circuit decision in Ileto v. Glock (Nov. 20, Nov. 26), in which a three-judge panel okayed a suit against gunmakers for supposedly “oversupplying” the West Coast market in such a way that a crazed neo-Nazi was able to obtain and use several firearms. Among its other problems, the opinion presumes that California can appropriately second-guess and override the more permissive gun-selling laws of the state of Washington, where the guns in question were originally sold. Our take on the same general issue appeared in Reason in 1999.

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