Judge Uses Silencer Ban Case to Condemn Ninth Circuit Gun Ruling

A conservative Ninth Circuit judge criticized the appeals court’s recently-decided gun rights precedent, suggesting the ruling could be used to ban all kinds of gun accessories.

Judge Kenneth Lee, a 2019 appointee of President Donald Trump, made his comments during oral arguments Tuesday for a lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on gun silencers.

“It seems like a state could justify taking and banning virtually anything related to guns based on the theoretical notion that a criminal can also use this and may help the criminal, even if there’s not instances of it,” Lee said.

The judge suggested under California’s reading ...