Federal judge again strikes down California's assault weapons ban

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Amid the appeal process, litigation over the ban returned to his bench by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for it to be reconsidered following the Supreme Court ruling of June 2022 that restricts what limits states can place on gun ownership.
45% : "The state's attorney general, , has already filed an appeal, arguing in a statement that "weapons of war" have no placed on California streets where the ban has been the law of the land for decades.
41% : Gun rights groups, including the Firearms Policy Coalition, filed a complaint against the law in 2019, with Benitez siding with them in 2021.
33% : A federal judge who struck down California's assault weapons ban in 2021 has again overturned the state's prohibition, stating the law was still unconstitutional.

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