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General Category => National/Breaking News => Second Amendment => Topic started by: PeteS in CA on September 22, 2023, 11:27:06 pm
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US judge strikes down California ban on high-capacity gun magazines
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-strikes-down-california-ban-high-capacity-gun-magazines-2023-09-22/ (https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-strikes-down-california-ban-high-capacity-gun-magazines-2023-09-22/)
Sept 22 (Reuters) - A federal judge in California on Friday declared that state's ban on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition unconstitutional, saying it violated the Second Amendment rights of firearms owners.
U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez in San Diego said California's "sweeping ban" went too far by preventing people from using magazines for lawful purposes, including self-defense.
"The history and tradition of the Second Amendment clearly supports state laws against the use or misuse of firearms with unlawful intent, but not the disarmament of the law-abiding citizen," Benitez wrote in a 71-page decision.
Benitez cited a June 2022 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v Bruen, requiring that firearms restrictions be "consistent with this nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation" to pass muster.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md7ksafIjx0
From a trusted 2nd Amendment supporter. The "breaking news" aspect is from his YT channel, so copied in its entirety.
Supporting news articles follow...
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2023-09-22/us-judge-strikes-down-california-ban-on-high-capacity-gun-magazines
https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-vows-appeal-district-court-decision-large-capacity
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article279652494.html
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Hopefully good conservative defensive minded Cal folks will get a solid window to grab a buttload of extended mags somewhere soon. All those other "tweeks" they have to do to their guns are also unconstitutional.