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Zahirah Ahmad, a North Philly resident and member of the Not On My Watch movement, joined activists at a rally and march at City Hall in Philadelphia on March 26, 2021, to demand the city put more resources to preventing gun violence. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia’s latest fight to enact stronger gun control laws faces its first legal hurdle Wednesday, when attorneys representing the city and state lawmakers are scheduled to deliver oral arguments in state court.
The virtual hearing comes nearly eight months after Philadelphia brought the suit against the Pennsylvania General Assembly, joining the CeaseFire PA Education Fund and nearly a dozen residents directly affected by gun violence. The ask: invalidate a state regulation that makes it illegal for Philly and other municipalities to pass their own measures aimed at curbing gun violence.
A federal judge overturned California’s ban on assault weapons, calling it a “failed experiment” that violates the Second Amendment of the U.S Constitution.
A U.S. District Judge ruled that the state’s definition of illegal military-style rifles unlawfully deprives law-abiding Californians of weapons commonly allowed in most other states.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, calling it a “failed experiment” that violates people s constitutional right to bear arms.