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The divided en banc ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals backed the constitutionality of two California laws banning magazines that can hold 10 or more rounds.
A federal judge struck down California’s ban on firearm magazines holding more than 10 rounds Friday as unconstitutional, “arbitrary and capricious.”
The State now defends the prohibition on magazines, asserting that mass shootings are an urgent problem and that restricting the size of magazines a citizen may possess is part of the solution. [ 9 ] In August 2020, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit , in a 2–1 decision, upheld the district court's ruling.
Benitez is known for his opinions striking down several California gun control laws. [3] In 2019, Benitez granted summary judgment in a lawsuit (initially Duncan v. Becerra, later Duncan v. Bonta) in which plaintiffs challenged California's ban on high-capacity magazines. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra appealed the ruling to the ...
A high-capacity magazine ban is a law which bans or otherwise restricts detachable firearm magazines that can hold more than a certain number of rounds of ammunition. For example, in the United States, the now-expired Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 included limits regarding magazines that could hold more than ten rounds.
Among the laws Friday's decision could affect are California's bans on assault-style weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines, both of which are facing legal challenges in the U.S. 9th ...
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals stops a lower court decision overturning California's ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines from taking effect.