A San Diego federal judge Thursday overturned California's three-decades-old ban on assault weapons for the second time in recent years.
U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez, who has frequently ruled in favor of firearm advocates seeking to overturn state laws governing guns and ammunition, issued an injunction Thursday prohibiting state officials from enforcing the ban.
The judge also stated that what officials describe as assault weapons are"no more dangerous than other arms the state does not ban. The banned arms are just modern versions of rifles, shotguns, and pistols." Cody J. Wisniewski of The Firearms Policy Coalition, one of the plaintiffs in a San Diego lawsuit that led to Benitez's ruling, said in a statement,"Today's opinion is yet another thorough demonstration of the unconstitutional nature of these types of bans on constitutionally protected arms.
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