roger benitez, who recently overturned california s assault weapons ban. in his written opinion, he compared ar15 guns to swiss army knives, describing both as, quote, the perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland security defense equipment. benitez has been widely criticized for the comparison, which is absurd on its face. semiautomatic guns like the ar15 are weapons of war, and a swiss army knife is a multiuse tool that typically includes a nail file, tweezers, and a corkscrew. but the larger story is what benitez ruling will mean for gun laws in this country, and whether we are about as to shift in second amendment
perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment. the judge issued a permanent injunction so the law cannot be enforced. joininging us is democratic senr alex padilla. so great to see you in person. i understand we re your first in-person interview since the pandemic. what are your concerns about the impact on crime, violent crime and maybe gun deaths with the lifting of this law. well, look, a horrible ruling, number one. number two, californians rest assured the ruling is being appealed. so it s not a final final. the court process, the judicial process is ongoing. but what a horrible signal it sends especially given what s going on around the country. so you re part of the senate rules committee which issued this report on the insurrection. i was talking to tim kaine, democratic senator from virginia. he said this was a report about securing a building, not securing democracy.
a federal court judge s ruling in california, because you served as the l.a. police chief and in a state with assault weapons ban, still does. federal judge just overturned it in san diego. first sentence is this what the swiss army knife, popular ar-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment, judge robert benitez. what is your reaction to that? he s an idiot, idea of using language like that, it comparing a swiss army knife to machine gun. hundreds of thousands of these weapons compared to swiss army knife. he s out of his mind. take a look at your graduation photo from police
because, you served as the l.a. county police chief. you served in a state that had an assault weapon ban, still does. this federal judge just overturned it. his first sentence of his opinion is this, like the swiss army knife, the popular ar-15 rifle, is a perfect combination of home defense weapon, and homeland defense equipment. that s from george robert benitez. what s your reaction to that? he is an idiot. the idea of using language like that, comparing a was arm enough to what is basically a machine gun that many people possess in this country, hundreds of thousands of these weapons, compared to a swiss army knife, he s out of his mind. i want to take a look
with high capacity magazines. this specific overturning the ban in assault weapons making news in california. we keep on hearing the comparison to the swiss army knife and the judge saying like the swiss army knife is a perfect combination of home defense weapon. good for both home and battle. of course, the governor reacting against the language and against the decision same with the state attorney of california saying they ll appeal the decision. the judge gave the state 30 days to file an appeal. just over four years ago, the law that limits or actually makes it legal to possess high capacity magazines came into place. california does have the support of voters. what we know is this will