THE NINTH CIRCUIT IS DIVIDED OVER THE SECOND AMENDMENT — which is news, actually, since it used to be united. Howard Bashman, whose legal blog is so indispensable that it’s hard to believe it’s only one year old today, has the scoop and links.

UPDATE: The opinion is so popular, I guess, that I can’t seem to download it. But Eugene Volokh reports that: “Judge Pregerson, one of the most liberal judges on the Ninth Circuit — and perhaps in the whole country — dissents, saying that the Second Amendment secures an individual right.”

I look forward to reading it, whenever I can.