Striking down the law, a federal judge in San Diego compared AR-15 style weapons to a Swiss Army Knife.
has strongly criticized a court ruling that struck down the state's ban on assault weapons on Friday. The ban had been in place since 1989.after a federal judge in San Diego, Roger T. Benitez, found the ban to be unconstitutional. In his ruling, Benitez compared AR-15 style weapons to a Swiss Army Knife.
"Overturning CA's assault weapon ban and comparing an AR-15 to a SWISS ARMY KNIFE is a disgusting slap in the face to those who have lost loved ones to gun violence," Newsom said.Texas Woman Charged With Felony Assault After Shoving Deputy, Coughing "This is a direct threat to public safety and innocent Californians. We won't stand for it," he said.
The case challenging California's assault weapons ban was launched in 2019 by James Miller and a political action committee called the San Diego County Gun Owners, according toBenitez is a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. He found the sections in the state's penal code defining assault weapons to be unconstitutional.
Overturning CA’s assault weapon ban and comparing an AR-15 to a SWISS ARMY KNIFE is a disgusting slap in the face to those who have lost loved ones to gun violence.
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