From Judge Trevor McFadden's opinion last week in Sedita v. U.S. (D.D.C.):
"Where was the Judge whom he had never seen? Where was the High Court, to which he had never penetrated?" Franz Kafka, The Trial. Like Kafka's Joseph K., Plaintiff Giuseppe Sedita alleges he has been adjudged by a muddled and garbled governmental process that flouts his rights and offers no effectual remedy when he complains. Three times, he has been given the run-around when trying to buy a firearm. Each time, the Government has refused to greenlight his gun purchase. And each time, Sedita has walked away empty-handed. Although Sedita has repeatedly tried to set the record straight through the Government's administrative process, remedy has eluded him; the Government has rebuffed Sedita's attempts to clear himself through silence and nonresponsive form letters….
Sedita sued, claiming this violated his Second Amendment rights, and the court allowed the claim to go forward. The court began by holding that buying a gun "is covered by the clear prescription of the Second Amendment" (since keeping and bearing requires a pathway to buying), and goes on to reason thus:
