Government,
Civil Rights
Feb. 14, 2023
State struggles to defend ban on large capacity gun magazines
Legal experts on both sides of the gun debate say the state is not expecting to persuade Senior U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez, but is rehearsing its best argument for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Trying to defend California’s ban on large capacity gun magazines, the state attorney general’s office is all but conceding defeat before Senior U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez of San Diego in order to preserve its options on appeal, legal experts said Monday.
Deputy Attorney General John D. Echeverria, in a Friday filing, answered Benitez’s request for a statute that is a “proper analogue” to California’s law while arguing its restric...
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