In a strongly worded attack, the Democrat added: âComparing an AR-15 to a Swiss army knife is a disgusting slap in the face to those who have lost loved ones to gun violence.â
Newsom issued his stinging statement late on Friday after Roger Benitez, a district judge in San Diego appointed by George W Bush, ruled that the state was unlawfully depriving law-abiding Californians of weapons allowed under US supreme court rulings, denying their right to bear arms.
âUnder no level of heightened scrutiny can the law survive,â Benitez wrote, issuing a permanent injunction stayed for 30 days. The California attorney general, Rob Bonta, called Benitezâs ruling flawed and said it would be appealed.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) A federal judge Friday overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, ruling that it violates the constitutional right to bear arms.