The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a federal judge’s ruling that California’s ban on assault weapons was unconstitutional.
A three-judge panel issued a stay of U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez’s order on Monday, less than two weeks after the initial ruling.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the court’s decision “leaves our assault weapons laws in effect while appellate proceedings continue,” adding, “We won’t stop defending these life-saving laws.”
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a federal judge’s ruling that California’s ban on assault weapons was unconstitutional.
A three-judge panel issued a stay of U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez’s order on Monday, less than two weeks after the initial ruling.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the court’s decision “leaves our assault weapons laws in effect while appellate proceedings continue,” adding, “We won’t stop defending these life-saving laws.”
“The first duty of our federal courts is to uphold the Constitution and protect the People’s fundamental rights enshrined therein,” the group said in a statement following the appellate court’s ruling. “But today, as it has too many times before, the fanatically anti-Second Amendment Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals elected to disregard that fundamental duty, ignore the text and public meaning of our Constitution, and fail the very People they swore an oath to serve.”
