California: Los Angeles Sheriff Reverses Course Again and Orders Gun Stores to Close to the Public!

[Charlie T Waite]

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva took to twitter to announce he is once again ordering the closure of guns stores to almost all retail traffic.  This comes after the closure was announced, then lifted, but is now back in place. The Sheriff issued the below statement, placing extreme limitations on firearm stores and how they can conduct business. 

 

 

In this case, a single official is unilaterally restricting the ability of law-abiding citizens to exercise their right to defend themselves and their loved ones. To contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's office to comment, please hit the following link https://lasd.org/commendation-and-complaint-form/ or call (800) 698-TALK.  Please do not call an emergency or dispatch number. 

[Blackwater 53393]

This dip$#!+  is the visual description of a YO-YO!!!   

[bgavin]

Newsom can, and has, declared a valid State of Emergency, defined as "a disaster (epidemic) that exists across the entire state."
Neither Martial Law nor State of Emergency allows Newsom to suspend ANY part of the CA Constitution.

Newsom's carefully worded executive orders tell the public to "heed" (read: take into consideration) his guidelines.

"Take into consideration" is very different from binding legal regulations written and passed by the legislature, and therefore these executive orders are non-binding.

CA law allows counties to declare a health emergency when the local health officer determines there is a threat of the introduction of any contagious disease.

This power is not given to the CA Dept of Health Services, only the local county health officer.  The sheriff may enforce all orders of local health officers.

In the interest of public safety, the county health officers have clearly overreached their authority.  CA law does NOT support counties locking down their entire (healthy) populations.

Case law is quite specific about quarantines being applied ONLY to those who are sick, and those exposed.

CA law is also quite specific that firearms and ammunition can NOT be seized by cops unless pursuant to a crime.

• Newsom cannot suspend the CA constitution or rights
• No legal authority to shut down events or business
• No legal authority to require social distancing of 6 feet
• No legal authority for counties to quarantine the healthy
• No legal authority to seize or confiscate any firearm