07/17/2026
There are dissenting opinions, heated dissenting opinions and then the one you're going to read today. Washington Gun Law President, William Kirk, discusses Judge VanDyke's epic dissenting opinion in the matter of Knife Rights Inc. v. Bonta, a challene to California's switchblade ban that has gone like any other chalenge to a Second Amendment restriction in the 9th Circuit. But now Judge VanDyke has had enough and in this opinion he not only calls his colleagues out, but actually asks that the Supreme Court issue a steady does of benchslaps to this court. It is an epic opinion and one that will eventually become legendary. So learn more today and arm yourself with education.
Read the opinion here. https://storage.courtlistener.com/rec...
https://youtu.be/MVYhPBggmVg?si=JuX03lIiBoOUSrTB
There are dissenting opinions, heated dissenting opinions and then ...