The California arm of the National Rifle Association sued and Benitez sided with the group's argument that banning the magazines infringes on the Second Amendment right to bear arms.The magazine ban was included in 2016 legislation that voters strengthened with their approval of Proposition 63, which was championed by then-Lt. Gov. All market data delayed 20 minutes.Benitez ruled that magazines holding more than 10 rounds are "arms" under the U.S. Constitution, and that the California law "burdens the core of the Second Amendment by criminalizing the acquisition and possession of these magazines that are commonly held by law-abiding citizens for defense of self, home, and state."In 2016, the Legislature and voters approved a law removing that provision. All rights reserved.
"She had no place to carry an extra magazine and no way to reload because her left hand held the phone with which she was still trying to call 911," the judge wrote, saying she killed one attacker while two escaped.Benitez described three home invasions, two of which ended with the female victims running out of bullets.In the third case, the pajama-clad woman with a high-capacity magazine took on three armed intruders, firing at them while simultaneously calling for help on her phone.California law has prohibited buying or selling such magazines since 2000, but those who had them before were allowed to keep them.You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter!Chuck Michel, an attorney for the NRA and the California Rifle & Pistol Association, said the judge's latest ruling may go much farther by striking down the entire ban, allowing individuals to legally acquire high-capacity magazines for the first time in nearly two decades.But Freilich predicted the "extreme outlier decision" will be overturned on appeal and criticized a judge "so deeply out of touch that he believes mass shootings are a 'very small' problem in this country.""This District Court Judge's failure to uphold a ban on high-capacity magazines is indefensible, dangerous for our communities and contradicts well-established case law," the governor said.
Beginning June 30, 2017 an injunction was implemented on the portion of law outlawing possession of high-capacity magazines. Lawyers with the Loyola Law School Project for the Innocent have contended her conviction was flawed and new DNA evidence shows she is innocentWeeks after it was criticized by President Trump, a wall built by his supporters in South Texas has suffered new erosionSerbia’s president has defended his government’s probe into money laundering and financing of terrorism against dozens of rights groups and independent journalists who are critical of his policiesThe stay also protects anyone who acquired a large-capacity magazine between the judge’s March 29 decision and 5 p.m. Friday. Gavin Newsom.In a statement, Newsom criticized the judge's ruling.Benitez had temporarily blocked the law from taking effect with a 2017 ruling.The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, named after a former congresswoman who survived a mass shooting, is also still evaluating whether the decision applies more broadly, said staff attorney Ari Freilich.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inboxBenitez, an appointee of Republican President George W. Bush, called such shootings "exceedingly rare" while emphasizing the everyday robberies, rapes and murders he said might be countered with firearms.Becerra previously said similar Second Amendment challenges have been repeatedly rejected by other courts, with at least seven other states and 11 local governments already restricting the possession or sale of large-capacity magazines.
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