Cowlitz County Superior Court Judge Gary Bashor on Monday found Washington state’s “high capacity” magazine ban violated both the U.S. Constitution and the state’s own constitution.
The Associated Press noted Bashor reached his decision by weighing the ban in light of the Supreme Court of the United States’ Bruen (2022) decision.
On July 14, 2022, less than a month after the Bruen decision was handed down, Breitbart News reported that the decision did not bode well for 21st century gun controls because it requires such controls to withstand being tested via a search for historicity in the American experience.
The Washington Times pointed to Justice Clarence Thomas’ majority opinion in Bruen, in which he noted the importance of the decision, which built upon McDonald v. Chicago (2010) and District of Columbia v. Heller (2008).
Thomas wrote, “The test…
