This is cnn newsroom. Both outrage and approval have erupted across the united states after a judge in california overturned the nation s firstever ban on assault weapons. California s governor slammed the ruling saying he s not backing down from the fight for commonsense gun laws. Meanwhile, the nra is praising the move, calling it well reasoned. Cnn s polo sandoval has more on the controversial decision. Reporter: california s ban on certain semiautomatic rifles has weathered decades of opposition, until now. San diego u. S. District judge roger benitez ruled to overturn it. Passed in 1989 on the heels of a school shooting in stockton, california that left five children dead, the law was touted as california s first assault weapons act. It established what an assault weapon is and made them illegal to buy or possess in california. This week judge benitez ruled that ban unconstitutional and deprived lawabiding californians of weapons allowed in other states, weapons he compared to swi
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