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It is clear the state's top leaders were not happy with U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez's ruling that the state’s definition of illegal military-style rifles unlawfully deprives law-abiding Californians of weapons commonly allowed in most other states and by the U.S. Supreme Court.

California has appealed a judge’s decision to overturn the state’s ban on assault weapons.

Judge Roger Benitez agreed with plaintiffs claim that the ban breached the Second Amendment right to bear arms, and that the rationale used to define what guns were assault rifles was faulty.

In his decision, Judge Roger T. Benitez praised the AR-15 as a "home defense weapon."