Calling a federal judge’s reasoning disturbing, California’s attorney general on Thursday appealed the decision that found the state’s assault weapons ban to be unconstitutional….
(Newser) – Calling a federal judge’s reasoning disturbing, California’s attorney general on Thursday appealed the decision that found the state’s assault weapons ban to be unconstitutional. In his ruling issued Friday, US District Judge Roger Benitez said an AR-15, like a Swiss army knife, could be used “for both home and battle.” That assault rifle has been used to kill people in recent US mass shootings. Gov. Gavin Newsom said the comment was a “slap in the face to the families who’ve lost loved ones to this weapon.
