Civil Rights
Apr. 6, 2020
9th Circuit panel grills state on 10-round gun magazine ban
“This seems to be quite a severe burden on the core Second Amendment right. Why shouldn’t that trigger strict scrutiny?” asked Circuit Judge Consuelo M. Callahan.
An attorney with the state Department of Justice faced tough questions as he sought recently to defend California's ban on high-capacity gun magazines before a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel.
The state has banned magazines of more than 10 rounds for about 20 years, but grandfathered in magazines people already owned before 2000. But state voters approved several new gun restrictions when they passed Proposition 63 in 2016, incl...
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