Michael J. Klein, New York University A spate of high-profile mass shootings in the U.S. has sparked calls for Congress to look at imposing a ban on so-called assault weapons – covering the types of guns used in both the recent Buffalo grocery attack and that on an elementary school …
Read More »Appeals court blocks the overturn of California’s assault weapons ban
A federal appeal court Monday effectively ruled to keep a ban on assault weapons in California. The ruling came from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers California and eight other states. The San Francisco-based court blocked a federal judge’s previous ruling that had overturned California’s ban on assault weapons, including AR-15’s. …
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