9th Circuit Appeals Court blocks the overturn of California's assault weapons ban
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Source: CNN
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN
Updated 12:53 AM ET, Tue June 22, 2021
(CNN)The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked a federal judge's controversial ruling that overturned California's longtime ban on assault weapons, in which he likened the AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife.
In an order Monday, a three-judge panel on the federal appeals court issued a stay of US District Judge Roger Benitez's order earlier this month that overturned California's three-decade old assault weapons ban.
The state's current assault weapons laws will remain in effect while further proceedings continue, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement on Twitter.
"This leaves our assault weapons laws in effect while appellate proceedings continue," Bonta said in a tweet. "We won't stop defending these life-saving laws."
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/21/politics/california-assault-style-weapons-ban-overturn-blocked/index.html
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