9th Circuit upholds California gun bans in some ‘sensitive’ places, but not others
6 months, 1 week ago

9th Circuit upholds California gun bans in some ‘sensitive’ places, but not others

LA Times  

A semiautomatic pistol is among several weapons displayed three years ago after being seized by the Oakland Police Department. California may enforce its recent ban on guns in “sensitive places” when it comes to parks and playgrounds, bars and restaurants that serve alcohol, casinos, stadiums, amusement parks, zoos, libraries, museums, athletic facilities and the parking areas associated with them, a federal appellate court ruled Friday. Billy Clark, senior litigation attorney at the gun control advocacy group Giffords Law Center, said the decision “further illustrates that it is constitutional to keep guns out of sensitive places” — but also more evidence of the “chaos” in 2nd Amendment law caused by the Bruen decision. Janet Carter, senior director of issues and appeals at the gun control group Everytown Law, said her group didn’t agree with all aspects of the decision, but still found it “heartening.” “Keeping guns out of sensitive places is common sense and these laws are crucial to keeping our communities safe from gun violence,” Carter said. Adam Kraut, executive director of the gun rights advocacy group Second Amendment Foundation, said California’s expansion of “sensitive places” where guns are banned “goes beyond what the Supreme Court contemplated when it mentioned them in Bruen,” and said his group will continue to fight such bans in court.

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Can Trump Shooting Bring Changes In Gun Laws? What Is The Policy In Pennsylvania Compared To Other US States?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Can Trump Shooting Bring Changes In Gun Laws? What Is The Policy In Pennsylvania Compared To Other US States?

News 18  

Donald Trump’s shooting in Pennsylvania on Saturday night by a 20-year-old gun-toting man has again put spotlight on the country’s vexing issue of gun violence. The Recent Gun Cases On November 7, the court heard arguments in United States v. Rahimi, a gun control case involving a Texas man named Zackey Rahimi. The Court invalidated New York State’s limits on …

Supreme Court turns down a 2nd Amendment challenge to state bans on assault weapons
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court turns down a 2nd Amendment challenge to state bans on assault weapons

LA Times  

Three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento. The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a 2nd Amendment challenge to state laws in Illinois that prohibited the sale of rapid-fire assault weapons. “For now at least, the 2nd Amendment is a second-class right, and it will remain so until the Supreme …

The Supreme Court’s Major Gun Decision Was A Warning To Extremist Judges
8 months, 2 weeks ago

The Supreme Court’s Major Gun Decision Was A Warning To Extremist Judges

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Supreme Court’s decision Friday to uphold a 30-year-old law barring domestic abusers from possessing guns came as no surprise. Bill Clark via Getty Images The ruling marked the first time the Supreme Court has offered its take on gun rights since Justice Clarence Thomas penned a sweeping reinterpretation of the Second Amendment two years ago, in …

Will latest Supreme Court decision affect California bans on assault weapons, magazines?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Will latest Supreme Court decision affect California bans on assault weapons, magazines?

LA Times  

Three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento in 2012. A long-awaited U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a federal law barring domestic abusers from possessing firearms will have a narrower impact than some had hoped, but it will nonetheless play an important role in reshaping gun laws in California and across …

Supreme Court Upholds Law That Keeps Guns Away From Domestic Abusers
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Upholds Law That Keeps Guns Away From Domestic Abusers

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The federal government can continue to limit domestic abusers’ gun rights, according to a landmark ruling issued by the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday that helps clarify the conservative-majority court’s thinking on firearm restrictions. The case of United States v. Rahimi emerged as a high-profile test of how far the Supreme Court was willing to go in …

Opinion: By keeping guns away from domestic abusers, the justices set an example for other courts
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: By keeping guns away from domestic abusers, the justices set an example for other courts

LA Times  

The justices affirmed that the federal government and states can continue to restrain gun rights in some ways. The Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday finally brought common sense to analyzing gun rights under the 2nd Amendment. The court’s holding should be noncontroversial: A person can be prohibited from having a gun “once a court has found that represents a credible …

9th Circuit says California ban on gun sales on state property is constitutional
9 months ago

9th Circuit says California ban on gun sales on state property is constitutional

LA Times  

California laws barring the sale of firearms and ammunition at fairgrounds and other state property are constitutional, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. Clifton wrote that the laws don’t violate the 1st Amendment because they “solely restrict nonexpressive conduct — contracting for the sale of firearms” and don’t violate the 2nd Amendment because they do not “meaningfully …

Federal court rules firearm restrictions on defendants awaiting trial are constitutional
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Federal court rules firearm restrictions on defendants awaiting trial are constitutional

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Court orders that prohibited two …

If we must rely on ‘history and tradition’ to assess gun laws, does racist history count?
1 year, 1 month ago

If we must rely on ‘history and tradition’ to assess gun laws, does racist history count?

LA Times  

Courts across the country are considering whether old racist laws should be considered part of the nation’s legal tradition in challenges to modern gun control measures. “The Attorney General in no way condones laws that target certain groups on the basis of race, gender, nationality, or other protected characteristic,” they wrote in a footnote to their 2023 filing, “but these …

Judge rules California background check, anti-importation rules for ammo unconstitutional
1 year, 1 month ago

Judge rules California background check, anti-importation rules for ammo unconstitutional

LA Times  

A California law requiring people to submit to a background check every time they want to purchase ammunition is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled in a decision made public Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez found state laws prohibiting California buyers from purchasing and importing ammunition from out-of-state sellers likewise violate federal law. Benitez — who in recent years …

Column: California says its new gun law is about public safety. But what about these women?
1 year, 1 month ago

Column: California says its new gun law is about public safety. But what about these women?

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom speaks about the prevalence of gun violence in society before signing Senate Bill 1327 in July 2022. The law, known as Senate Bill 2, was drafted as a workaround to a U.S. Supreme Court decision from 2022 that threw out a chunk of the state’s — and the nation’s — gun control regulations as unconstitutional, theoretically making it …

Judges put new California law barring guns in many public places on hold again
1 year, 2 months ago

Judges put new California law barring guns in many public places on hold again

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom spoke last February in support of legislation barring gun permit holders from bringing their firearms into many public places. A new California law barring licensed gun holders from carrying their firearms in many public places has once again been blocked — meaning it cannot be enforced — as legal challenges proceed in federal court. The law bars concealed-carry …

A California law banning the carrying of firearms in most public places is blocked again
1 year, 2 months ago

A California law banning the carrying of firearms in most public places is blocked again

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — A new California law that bans people from carrying firearms in most public places was once again blocked from taking effect Saturday as a court case challenging it continues. A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel dissolved a temporary hold on a lower court injunction blocking the law. Saturday’s decision keeps in place a Dec. 20 ruling …

The Federal Judicial Ruling That Would Put Guns on California Playgrounds
1 year, 2 months ago

The Federal Judicial Ruling That Would Put Guns on California Playgrounds

Slate  

As troubling as the Supreme Court’s recent Second Amendment decisions have been, even they have limits. Using the new method the Supreme Court laid out for Second Amendment challenges—which requires a contemporary law to find support in America’s “historical tradition of firearms regulation”—the judge found no relevant historical analogs. Those cases, wrote the court, “describe sensitive places where carry may …

Judges let new California ban on guns in many public places take effect amid legal fight
1 year, 2 months ago

Judges let new California ban on guns in many public places take effect amid legal fight

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom speaks in 2023 during a press conference in support of Senate Bill 2, which bars concealed carry permit holders from carrying firearms in many public places in the state. A new California law barring licensed gun holders from carrying their firearms into an array of public places took effect Monday despite an ongoing legal challenge to its legitimacy. …

California law banning most firearms in public is taking effect as the legal fight over it continues
1 year, 2 months ago

California law banning most firearms in public is taking effect as the legal fight over it continues

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — A California law that bans people from carrying firearms in most public places will take effect on New Year’s Day, even as a court case continues to challenge the law. “This ruling will allow our common-sense gun laws to remain in place while we appeal the district court’s dangerous ruling,” Newsom posted to X, formerly Twitter, after …

Battle over California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines shows a nation divided
1 year, 2 months ago

Battle over California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines shows a nation divided

LA Times  

Dozens of states are taking sides in the court fight over California’s effort to ban high-capacity ammunition magazines. Late last month, a coalition of 19 U.S. states and the District of Columbia came together to support California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines. That is what happened with the two state coalitions in the case on California’s high-capacity magazine ban — …

Things to know about a federal judge’s ruling temporarily blocking California’s gun law
1 year, 2 months ago

Things to know about a federal judge’s ruling temporarily blocking California’s gun law

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democrats running California’s government have passed some of the strictest gun laws in the country, but those efforts to restrict firearm access are increasingly facing successful challenges in court. They’ve gotten a recent boost from the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, which set a new standard for …

Federal judge blocks California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places
1 year, 2 months ago

Federal judge blocks California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places, ruling that it violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and deprives people of their ability to defend themselves and their loved ones. That decision said the constitutionality of gun laws must be assessed by whether they …

Federal judge blocks California law that would bar guns in many public places
1 year, 2 months ago

Federal judge blocks California law that would bar guns in many public places

LA Times  

A new California law that would bar licensed gun holders from carrying their firearms into an array of public places will not go into full effect on Jan. 1 as scheduled, after a federal judge blocked major parts of it as unconstitutional Wednesday. The law, Senate Bill 2, was part of a slate of new gun control measures passed this …

Governor wants New Mexico legislators to debate new approach to regulating assault-style weapons
1 year, 3 months ago

Governor wants New Mexico legislators to debate new approach to regulating assault-style weapons

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico could become an early political testing ground for a proposal to make assault-style weapons less deadly. “I’ve got a set of lawmakers that are more likely than not to have a fair debate about guns, gun violence, weapons of war and keeping New Mexicans safe than members of Congress are,” said Lujan Grisham, a …

New York can enforce laws banning guns from ‘sensitive locations’ for now, U.S. appeals court rules
1 year, 3 months ago

New York can enforce laws banning guns from ‘sensitive locations’ for now, U.S. appeals court rules

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York can continue to enforce laws banning firearms in certain “sensitive” locations and require that handgun owners be of “good moral character,” a federal appeals court ruled Friday in its first broad review of a host of new gun rules passed in the state after a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year. Circuit Court of appeals …

Opinion: Supreme Court has a huge decision to make
1 year, 4 months ago

Opinion: Supreme Court has a huge decision to make

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Jill Filipovic is a journalist and author of the book “OK Boomer, Let’s Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind.” Follow her on Twitter. CNN — On Tuesday, the US Supreme Court heard arguments on a pivotal gun case over a federal law that bars people subject to certain domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms. Justice Clarence …

9th Circuit stays ruling against California assault weapons ban, pending appeal
1 year, 4 months ago

9th Circuit stays ruling against California assault weapons ban, pending appeal

LA Times  

Three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento in 2012. A federal appellate court this weekend paused a lower court decision overturning California’s ban on assault weapons, granting a stay in the matter — and leaving the law intact — while it hears an appeal. The 2-1 decision by a three-judge …

Federal judge again rules California assault weapons ban unconstitutional; state to appeal
1 year, 4 months ago

Federal judge again rules California assault weapons ban unconstitutional; state to appeal

LA Times  

Three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento. “Like the Bowie Knife which was commonly carried by citizens and soldiers in the 1800s,” Benitez’s latest decision begins, “‘assault weapons’ are dangerous, but useful.” Benitez’s decision would overturn several state statutes related to such weapons, but it does not take effect immediately. …

9th Circuit stays ruling against California ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines
1 year, 5 months ago

9th Circuit stays ruling against California ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines

LA Times  

The American debate over the legality of modern gun laws was again on display this week in the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, where a panel of 11 judges hit pause on a decision overturning California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines. The court’s liberal majority found that the state of California had made “strong arguments” for why the ban …

A troubling California trend: More violent crimes with guns even as restrictions tighten
1 year, 5 months ago

A troubling California trend: More violent crimes with guns even as restrictions tighten

LA Times  

Guns on display at a shop in Burbank. “It is particularly in the last few years that we have seen an increase in violent crime involving firearms,” said Magnus Lofstrom, policy director of criminal justice and a senior fellow at the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California. The last time firearms were involved in such a high percentage of violent …

Connecticut enacts its most sweeping gun control law since the Sandy Hook shooting
1 year, 5 months ago

Connecticut enacts its most sweeping gun control law since the Sandy Hook shooting

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Connecticut's most wide-ranging gun control …

Newsom signs gun laws that add new taxes and limit where owners can carry firearms
1 year, 5 months ago

Newsom signs gun laws that add new taxes and limit where owners can carry firearms

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom shakes hands Tuesday with Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel after signing Gabriel’s bill that raises taxes on guns and ammunition. Gavin Newsom signed several gun control measures Tuesday, including a bill that tightens the state’s concealed-carry rules and another that imposes a new tax on firearm and ammunition sales. “I think we need to be screaming louder about this.” “I’m …

Federal judge again strikes down California law banning gun magazines of more than 10 rounds
1 year, 5 months ago

Federal judge again strikes down California law banning gun magazines of more than 10 rounds

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California cannot ban gun owners from having detachable magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, a federal judge ruled Friday. Benitez ruled that “there is no American tradition of limiting ammunition capacity.” He said detachable magazines “solved a problem with historic firearms: running out of ammunition and having to slowly reload a gun.” “There have been, and …

California law removing guns from people under restraining orders survives court challenge
1 year, 5 months ago

California law removing guns from people under restraining orders survives court challenge

LA Times  

A California law that bars people who are under restraining orders from possessing firearms survived a federal court challenge on procedural grounds Thursday, marking a win for gun control advocates. A split panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2 to 1 that Huntington Beach couple Miranda and Richard Wallingford’s challenge to California’s law was moot — …

9th Circuit rules California ban on marketing guns to minors is probably unconstitutional
1 year, 6 months ago

9th Circuit rules California ban on marketing guns to minors is probably unconstitutional

LA Times  

California’s law banning the marketing of firearms to minors is probably unconstitutional under the 1st Amendment, a federal appellate court ruled Wednesday. Writing for a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Circuit Judge Kenneth K. Lee wrote that while the ban may be intended to diminish gun violence, the “First Amendment demands more than good …

9th Circuit ruling threatens California ban on unlicensed open carry of handguns
1 year, 6 months ago

9th Circuit ruling threatens California ban on unlicensed open carry of handguns

LA Times  

California laws banning people from openly carrying handguns in public without a license are under greater legal threat after a federal appellate court decision Thursday. “The court seems to think that California can’t meet this burden,” said Jake Charles, an associate professor at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law and an expert in firearms law. Rob Bonta’s office, which is defending …

Mass shootings spur divergent laws as states split between gun rights and control
1 year, 6 months ago

Mass shootings spur divergent laws as states split between gun rights and control

LA Times  

People hold hands at the state Capitol in Nashville before a special session of the Tennessee Legislature on public safety Monday. Tennessee’s Republican-led Legislature is meeting in special session this week to consider a package of public safety proposals, including some stemming from a deadly shooting at a Nashville elementary school earlier this year. More than half the states have …

Appeals court rules against longstanding drug user gun ban cited in Hunter Biden case
1 year, 7 months ago

Appeals court rules against longstanding drug user gun ban cited in Hunter Biden case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has ruled that drug users shouldn’t automatically be banned from having guns, marking the latest sign of upheaval in the nation’s firearm legal landscape and raising questions about a law cited in the case against Hunter Biden. The appeals court cited the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision known as New York State Rifle & …

Judge rejects attempt to temporarily block Connecticut’s landmark gun law passed after Sandy Hook
1 year, 7 months ago

Judge rejects attempt to temporarily block Connecticut’s landmark gun law passed after Sandy Hook

Associated Press  

HARTFORD, Conn. — A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request to temporarily block Connecticut’s landmark 2013 gun control law, passed after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, until a gun rights group’s lawsuit against the statute has concluded. U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven ruled the National Association for Gun Rights has not shown that the …

Gun control laws in California and beyond in peril as Supreme Court expands 2nd Amendment
1 year, 7 months ago

Gun control laws in California and beyond in peril as Supreme Court expands 2nd Amendment

LA Times  

It wasn’t until 2008 that the Supreme Court for the first time struck down a gun control law, ruling the 2nd Amendment protected the “right of law-abiding, responsible citizens” to keep a handgun at home for self-defense. VIDEO | 04:47 Gun control laws in California may be challenged as Supreme Court expands the 2nd Amendment An opinion by Supreme Court …

Key gun control measure in the crosshairs at US Supreme Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Key gun control measure in the crosshairs at US Supreme Court

Firstpost  

Rahimi challenged his conviction on the grounds that the law violated the Constitution’s Second Amendment “right to keep and bear arms,” and won. Biden’s administration has appealed The U.S. Supreme Court, which last year expanded gun rights in a landmark ruling, is set to return to the issue in a major case testing whether a law that keeps firearms away …

Column: We marked the Fourth of July in an exceptionally American way: with a hail of gun violence
1 year, 8 months ago

Column: We marked the Fourth of July in an exceptionally American way: with a hail of gun violence

LA Times  

Mementos and candles are seen at a memorial for a victim of a fatal July 3 mass shooting in Philadelphia. “Americans choose differently.” In fact, Americans do not choose differently: Eight out of 10 registered voters, including most Republicans, want criminal background and mental health checks for all gun buyers; a minimum age of 21 and a 30-day waiting period …

Is the Supreme Court Ready to Walk Back Last Term’s Historically Awful Guns Ruling?
1 year, 8 months ago

Is the Supreme Court Ready to Walk Back Last Term’s Historically Awful Guns Ruling?

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. Judging from lower court decisions, under Bruen nearly every law restricting firearms is now vulnerable to constitutional challenge—including laws the Supreme Court indicated were constitutional and those that, prior to Bruen, courts declared valid. But Bruen announced a new standard for judicial review …

US appeals court says people convicted of nonviolent offenses shouldn’t face lifetime gun ban
1 year, 9 months ago

US appeals court says people convicted of nonviolent offenses shouldn’t face lifetime gun ban

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — A U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday that nonviolent offenders should not be subject to lifetime gun bans, the latest fallout from a recent Supreme Court decision that instructs judges to look to history and tradition to weigh the constitutionality of gun control laws. “Range remains one of ‘the people’ protected by the Second Amendment, and his eligibility to …

Gun rights supporters sue Connecticut after governor signs bill with open carry ban
1 year, 9 months ago

Gun rights supporters sue Connecticut after governor signs bill with open carry ban

Associated Press  

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday signed the most wide-ranging state gun control bill since a 2013 law passed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, sparking an immediate lawsuit by gun rights supporters seeking to block a ban on open carrying and other parts of the new law. It’s the latest legal fight …

Column: California proves that stricter gun laws save lives
1 year, 9 months ago

Column: California proves that stricter gun laws save lives

LA Times  

Students call for tougher gun control laws during a rally at Miguel Contreras Learning Complex in Los Angeles on March 14, 2018. Mississippi gets an “F” from Giffords: It “has the weakest gun laws in the country and the highest gun death rate.” That’s backed up by the National Center for Health Statistics. Unless I’m missing something, the fact that …

New Washington gun law already faces federal court challenge
1 year, 10 months ago

New Washington gun law already faces federal court challenge

Associated Press  

OLYMPIA Wash. — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a trio of bills meant to address gun violence Tuesday, one banning the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles, one imposing a 10-day waiting period on firearms purchases and one clearing the way for lawsuits against gun makers or sellers in certain cases. “Inaction against gun violence is unacceptable.” White House press secretary …

New Washington gun law already faces federal court challenge
1 year, 10 months ago

New Washington gun law already faces federal court challenge

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Jay Inslee signed a trio …

Opinion: Federal courts are waging an unprecedented attack on U.S. gun safety laws
1 year, 11 months ago

Opinion: Federal courts are waging an unprecedented attack on U.S. gun safety laws

LA Times  

Once again a mass shooting is in the headlines — this time in Nashville, with three children among the six victims. A high court majority, led by Justice Clarence Thomas, said that gun laws today must be consistent with the gun laws of the 1700s and 1800s. Indeed, many of the cases declaring gun laws unconstitutional have been decided by …

Why Gun Reform Is Being Strangled By The Courts
1 year, 11 months ago

Why Gun Reform Is Being Strangled By The Courts

Huff Post  

Oregon voters handed gun reformers a major victory when they backed a ballot measure creating one of the country’s most stringent systems for buying and selling firearms in 2022. When District Judge Roger Benitez overturned California’s 34-year-old assault weapons ban two years ago, he pointed to Heller, saying that under the decision, “it is obvious that the California assault weapon …

How This Supreme Court Ruling Is Already Affecting Gun Reform In A Blue State
2 years ago

How This Supreme Court Ruling Is Already Affecting Gun Reform In A Blue State

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING New Mexico’s Senate Judiciary Committee gathered recently to figure out how much latitude they had to regulate guns after last year’s bombshell Second Amendment ruling from the Supreme Court. One lawmaker called the ruling “mind-boggling.” Another asked whether their authority was now limited to regulating firearms “where you have to manually load the gunpowder.” New Mexico’s legislative …

Thanks to the Supreme Court, California gun cases hinge more on history than modern threats
2 years ago

Thanks to the Supreme Court, California gun cases hinge more on history than modern threats

LA Times  

Police crime photos of assault rifles and handguns are displayed during a news conference near the site of a mass shooting in San Bernardino in 2015. “Instead of having a reasonable debate over whether a ban on assault weapons is good policy or not, we have to debate whether a ban on assault weapons has historical antecedents.” UC Berkeley Law …

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