A federal judge in California on Friday declared that state's ban on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition unconstitutional, saying it violated the Second Amendment rights of firearms owners.

Update it has been appealed by AG Bonta to an enbanc panel. It doesn’t appear that there will be another freedom week scenario.

  • FireTower@lemmy.worldOP
    111·
    1 year ago

    The CA AG has announced intent to appeal this case to the 9th Circuit. If the court takes up the case that ruling could be appealed to the US Supreme Court. If either of those were too happen it’d have regional or national impacts so they might decide to not appeal as to not impact other states with similar laws.

    But currently the highest and most recent ruling (the one in the article) states that magazine bans are not lawful.

      • FireTower@lemmy.worldOP
        71·
        1 year ago

        There’s a ten day stay in effect, for a CA resident they must wait until 10 days after the ruling to purchase a magazine.

        But in any time between then and any potential stay issued by the 9th Circuit Court, if the AG pursues the case further and is granted one, they could purchase one and maintain possession even if the law is later upheld. To the best of my knowledge that’s how CA handled the prior two ‘Freedom Weeks’ (When lower court rulings had been overturned upholding the law).