Silvester v. Harris (10-Day Waiting Period) Appeal Part I: The State’s Opening Brief

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Calguns Foundation explains the Silvester v. Harris 10-day waiting period lawsuit appeal. Read on for Part 1

California –-(Ammoland.com)- This is the first in a multi-part series on Calguns Foundation’s (CGF) Silvester v. Harris federal Second Amendment lawsuit, an action that challenges the 10-day waiting period laws (“WPL”) as unconstitutional (as applied). Each post will walk through a different aspect of the appeal, beginning with the State’s opening brief at the Ninth Circuit.

THE DISTRICT COURT’S DECISION BEING APPEALED

Silvester v. Harris is a federal civil rights lawsuit that challenges the State of California’s 10-day waiting period laws (“WPL”) as unconstitutional under the Second and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. (Because the Court found the WPL to violate Second Amendment rights, it declined to rule on the Fourteenth Amendment claims.) The plaintiffs in the case are gun rights groups The Calguns Foundation and Second Amendment Foundation, and individuals Jeffrey Silvester and Brandon Combs. The defendant is California Attorney General Kamala Harris.

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