A “US Judge”, Roger “The Man" Benitez, 72, born in Havana, appointed by George W. Bush and noted for several rulings negating CA gun laws; strikes again.
this post was submitted on 23 Sep 2023
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Of note, the same judge is expected to issue rulings on the constitutionality of CA's handgun roster and their ban on firearms they recognize as assault weapons.
And to be a bit of a devil's advocate here, the handgun roster really is bullshit. One modern handgun is really much the same as any other, so if we're going to allow handguns at all it's just looney tunes to arbitrarily make some legal and others illegal.
I agree, especially since it was based on a SKU system where something as simple a different finish on a pistol could make it no longer eligible to be sold as it would have a different SKU. Whether a firearm is nitride coated or blued isn't making a difference in much besides corrosion resistant.
A rare glimpse of sanity from a US court
I wonder if this will also affect California's ban on removable shotgun magazines.
NAL but it looks like that restriction is specifically semiautomatic shotguns and CA believes them to be assault weapons. This particular case wouldn't impact that, but Miller v. Bonta a case before the same judge would likely have potential to change that.
Nice! Maybe Washington State can get challenged next.
Fingers crossed they do the same for Illinois.