On Friday a federal judge ruled that California’s “assault weapons” ban is unconstitutional.
The court found California’s ban on the sale of AR-15s and other popular rifles violated the Second Amendment with Judge Roger Benitez ruling the guns targeted by California are in common use. He said the state ran afoul of the Constitution in restricting access to them.
The judge slammed the Left’s tactic of calling everything an “assault weapon”:
The court found the state’s ban on the sale of AR-15s and other popular rifles violated the Second Amendment. Judge Roger Benitez ruled the guns targeted by California are in common use. He said the state ran afoul of the Constitution in restricting access to them.
“This case is not about extraordinary weapons lying at the outer limits of Second Amendment protection,” Benitez wrote. “The banned ‘assault weapons’ are not bazookas, howitzers, or machineguns. Those arms are dangerous and solely useful for military purposes. Instead, the firearms deemed ‘assault weapons’ are fairly ordinary, popular, modern rifles.
“This is an average case about average guns used in average ways for average purposes.”
As expect, this pissed off Gov. Gavin Newsom who promised “we won’t stand for it.”
How dare that judge uphold the constitution!
