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Lockyer ruling, California passed a list of 84 firearms by name that are deemed as assault weapons and are subsequently deemed illegal to own in the State of California. These firearms include the Bushmaster XM-15 , Colt AR-15 , Armalite AR-15 , DPMS Panther, and Rock River Arms, Inc , as well as the Kalashnikov USA Hunting Rifle and various ...
The Roberti–Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 (AWCA) is a California law that bans the ownership and transfer of over 50 specific brands and models of firearms, which were classified as assault weapons. Most were rifles, but some were pistols and shotguns. The law was amended in 1999 to classify assault weapons by features of the firearm.
The legislature of California declared that "proliferation and use" of .50 BMG rifles posed a terrorist threat, as well as a threat to the "health, safety, and security of all residents" of California. [1] The act required existing .50 BMG rifles to be registered with the state and prohibited the sale of any rifle after the ban went into effect.
A federal judge who previously overturned California's three-decade-old ban on assault weapons did it again on Thursday, ruling that the state's attempts to prohibit sales of semiautomatic guns ...
Although it is commonly referred to as an assault weapons ban, New Jersey's law actually uses the term "assault firearm" to define banned and regulated guns. Among the list of firearms identified as 'assault firearms' are the Colt AR-15, AK variants and all 'M1 Carbine Type' variants. Some New Jersey gun advocates have called its laws "draconian".
The Bureau of Firearms is a bureau of the Division of Law Enforcement of the California Department of Justice responsible for education, regulation, and enforcement relating to manufacture, sales, ownership, safety training, and transfer of firearms. [1]
A clerk shows a customer a TPM Arms LLC California-legal featureless AR-10 style .308 rifle at the company's booth at the Crossroads of the West Gun Show at the Orange County Fairgrounds on June 5 ...
A California law that bans people from carrying firearms in most public places will take effect on New Year's Day, even as a court case continues to challenge the law. A U.S. district judge issued ...