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Army knife. That gun is the semiautomatic version of the rifles used by the military in the u. S. And other countries, and as you can see here, it has been used repeatedly in the deadliest mass shootings in recent u. S. History. Take a look at this map here. Each of those red dots signifies a mass shooting this year alone. Victims and survivors of gun violence fear that california s ruling will only lead to more carnage. Cnn s polo sandoval reports. 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
Hello. Thank you for joining me. I m fredricka whitfield. We begin with the u. S. Once again facing an outbreak of gun violence. In the last 24 hours, we have seen at least four mass shootings, all of which come on the heels of a judge s decision in california reversing a 32year ban on assault weapons. Last night s shootings bring the total up to 250 shootings for the year. In miamidade county, florida, a shooting left three people dead and two others wounded outside of a graduation party. In chicago, aeight people were rounded when a car pulled up and someone opened fire. This weekend in that city, five have been killed and at least 40 hurt by gun violence. In new orleans, at least eight people were hit by gunfire on a service road of i10. In utah, police say a white car drove up to a group in salt lake city and shot at least five people, killing one. In all of the cases, police are still searching for the people responsible. With me now is congresswoman barbara lee, a democrat from c