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Trump-appointed judge dissents in California ammo case with gun-filled YouTube video

A Trump-appointed appellate court judge who disagreed with a decision by his colleagues to uphold California’s ban on large-capacity ammunition magazines responded in a highly unusual way Thursday, posting a “dissent video” to YouTube of him manipulating firearms in his judicial chambers.

At the start of the nearly 19-minute video, Judge Lawrence VanDyke — who was confirmed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2019 — blasted his colleagues’ conclusion that the state ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds is constitutional because it essentially restricts an accessory to semiautomatic firearms, not the firearms themselves.

“I think anyone with a basic familiarity with firearms could show you that this attempted distinction is simply inconsistent with reality,” Vandyke said — before quickly making it clear that he would be providing such a tutorial himself.

“I originally planned to explain all of this in writing in my opinion on why the argument doesn’t make sense, but it occurred to me that in this instance, showing is much more effective than telling,” VanDyke said. “As the old saying goes, a picture is sometimes worth a thousand words. And here I hope you will agree that a video is at least worth that much.”

The move immediately drew the ire of VanDyke’s colleagues, who called the