Daily Caller by Jake Dima 12/7/2020
• California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Biden’s pick for the Department of Health and Human Services, said AR-15s are “not in common use for lawful purposes like self-defense†in a 2019 court case.
• The AG also cited the Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence, which stated that “[‘assault weapons’] have no legitimate civilian purpose.â€
• Becerra sued the Trump administration in late September to compel the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to rethink its definition of firearm and ban so-called “ghost guns.â€
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, said AR-15s are akin to military-grade weapons and not useful for self defense in a 2019 court filing.
The AG’s statements were included in a court case that challenged California’s gun ban titled Rupp v. Becerra, in which multiple state residents sued government officials to overturn the prohibition of certain semi-automatic firearms. Becerra, an advocate for the Affordable Care Act, was announced as Biden’s pick to lead HHS Sunday, according to the New York Times.
“Assault rifles may be banned because they are, like the M-16, ‘weapons that are most useful in military service’’; and ‘they are also not ‘in common use’ for lawful purposes like self-defense,'†Becerra wrote in defense of California’s weapon ban.
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