Silveira v. Lockyer

312 F.3d 1052 Sean SILVEIRA; Jack Safford; Patrick Overstreet; David K. Mehl; Steven Focht, Sgt.; David Blalock, Sgt.; Marcus Davis; Vance Boyce; Keneth Dewald, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bill LOCKYER, Attorney General, State of California; Gray Davis, Governor, State of California, Defendants-Appellees. No. 01-15098. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 15, 2002. Filed December 5, 2002. As Amended January 27, 2003. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Gary W. Gorski, Fair Oaks, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Nancy Palmieri, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California; William B. Shubb, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-00411-WBS. Before: REINHARDT, MAGILL, * and FISHER, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge REINHARDT; Concurrence by Judge MAGILL. REINHARDT, Circuit Judge. 1 In 1999, the State of California enacted amendments to its gun control laws that significantly strengthened the state's restrictions on the possession, use, and transfer of the…