Judge VanDyke Displays Handguns in Unusual Video Dissent (1)

Ninth Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke shared a video of him going over the components of several handguns in his chambers, as part of his dissent over a California gun law.

The Donald Trump appointee linked to an 18-minute video as he dissented from the court’s ruling on Thursday that upheld a law limiting gun magazine capacity to 10 or fewer rounds.

In the video, dressed in his judicial robes and appearing in his chambers, VanDyke said he was making it because “in this instance, showing is much more effective than telling.”

The video faced backlash from VanDyke’s fellow judges on ...