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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A federal judge has struck down California’s ban on assault weapons, saying it violates the Second Amendment rights of the state’s law-abiding citizens. Judge Roger Benitez compared the AR-15 rifle to a Swiss Army knife in his ruling Friday, citing Supreme Court precedent that protects Second Amendment rights. “Like the …
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