California cannot ban gun owners from having detachable magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, a federal judge ruled Friday.

The decision from U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez won’t take effect immediately. California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat, has already filed a notice to appeal the ruling. The ban is likely to remain in effect while the case is still pending.

This is the second time Benitez has struck down California’s law banning certain types of magazines. The first time he struck it down — way back in 2017 — an appeals court ended up reversing his decision.

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    Mass shooters are the reason cited for most gun laws though. Detachable magazines, full-auto, short-barreled weapons, etc.

    The issue is one party hates social programs but loves guns, and the other party hates guns specifically because the other one loves them.

    I don’t understand the Democrats" hatred of firearms. All their attempts to go after them are ineffective at preventing gun violence.

    Meanwhile, pro-gun people are one of the largest single-issue voting blocks in the county. So all the Dems are really doing is handing votes over to Republicans.

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      Meanwhile, pro-gun people are one of the largest single-issue voting blocks in the county. So all the Dems are really doing is handing votes over to Republicans.

      This is a point that cannot be stressed enough.

      As of 2022, Iowa had a ballot initiative for codifying a strict scrutiny clause on restrictions on the right to bear arms in our state constitution. We have a ~3-way split of Democrat, Republican, and Independent voters. The measure passed with ~66% support.

      On an entirely unrelated note, our Republican governor won her election with ~58% the vote against a Democrat pushing - admittedly mild - restrictions on firearms.

      Blue team isn’t going to lose blue team die-hard votes by dropping these points. They are, however, demonstrably alienating Independents who reject such restrictions.

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        I’m a single, white, male firearm owner. I don’t feel hated by the left at all.

        Recognizing that white men have been privileged and addressing the institutional issues that have given white men an unfair leg up for centuries isn’t an assault on white men.

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        Yikes dude get off Rumble and turn off Tucker Carlson. I’m a white man on the left ambivalent to guns but want more restrictions. And your whole post is all fantasy to feed a victim complex, it’s seriously embarrassing.

        Are you a Tate fan since you brought him up multiple times? Dude is a piece of filth scumbag.