Final Episode (5 of 5) of Baird v. Bonta 9th Circuit Republican Panel on Open Carry VanDyke and Lee
The Republican ProfessorShow Notes
Part 5 of 5, a Republican panel on the US Ninth Circuit defends open carry in California, Part 5 of 5 (Part 4 was 8 April 2026, Part 3 was 17 April 2026, part 2 was 19 February 2026 and Part 1 was 15 Jan 2026) of our study of open carry in America's Constitutional tradition by spending more time today with Baird v. Bonta (2 Jan 2026, 9th Circuit) from page 49 (Roman Numeral VII) through to end of both VanDyke's and Lee's majority opinions. The pro-Second-Amendment opinions, both of them that we take a look at, were written by Republican appointees (Trump, with a Republican US Senate).
https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2026/01/02/24-565.pdf
Here's a link to the article I wrote 9 April 2020 for San Diego County Gun Owners, published on Gun Owner's Radio, that I entitled : "Two Types of Self-Defense" here.
https://gunownersradio.com/two-types-of-self-defense/
This episode and this series is dedicated to the memory of my closest first cousin, Little Dan Mountain Jr, closest in age by just a couple of weeks, who died earlier this year in January.
I picked a topic that would bring a smile to his face and that would honor the bright spots in our childhood together in Colorado.
This episode was filmed Sunday evening 25 October 2026 years after Jesus in the backyard next to the pool waterfall of my long-time (nearly a quarter of a century) Epistemology mentor Dr. Doug Geivett (PhD, USC under Dallas Willard), who wrote under the pen-name R. Douglas Geivett and was a student himself of the famous late-great Republican professor, the late-great Dallas Willard of USC's Philosophy Department. Tomorrow the 26th of October, Monday at 2pm is his funeral. It's an indescribable loss. We miss Doug greatly.
The Republican Professor is a pro-Second-Amendment-in-California podcast.
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