This is cnn newsroom. Both Outrage And Approval have erupted across the United States after a judge in california overturned the Nations Firstever Ban on Assault Weapons. Californias governor slammed the ruling saying hes not backing down from the fight for Commonsense Gun Laws. Meanwhile, the nra is praising the move, calling it well reasoned. Cnns Polo Sandoval has more on the controversial decision. Reporter Californias 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 californias 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 swiss army
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 californias ruling will only lead to more carnage. Cnns Polo Sandoval reports. Reporter Californias 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 californias 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 o
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