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Miller v. Bonta

March 03, 2023

Miller v. Bonta is a pending court case before Judge Roger Benitez of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California concerning California's assault weapon ban, the Roberti–Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 (AWCA). Judge Roger Benitez struck down the ban in a ruling on June 5, 2021. A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit issued a stay of the ruling on June 21, 2021, which left the ban in place as appeals were litigated.[1][2] The panel then vacated Judge Benitez’s ruling and remanded it back down after NYSRPA v. Bruen was decided. The case was known as Miller v. Becerra before Rob Bonta succeeded Xavier Becerra as Attorney General of California in April 2021.

Miller v. Bonta
CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Full case nameJames Miller, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Rob Bonta, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of California, et al., Defendants
Citation(s)19-cv-1537-BEN (JLB)
Case history
Prior action(s)
  • Miller v. Bonta No. 19-cv-1537-BEN (JLB), injunction and stay, ECF No. 115 (S.D. Cal. 2021)
Appealed fromUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California

Background

Gun laws in California are among the strictest in the country.[3] The Roberti–Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 (AWCA) banned the ownership and transfer of specific models of firearms that were categorized as assault weapons. Signed by Governor George Deukmejian, a Republican, it was the first law passed in response to the Cleveland Elementary School shooting in Stockton that year. It inspired similar bans in six other states and the District of Columbia, as well as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 that expired in 2004. In the years since, assault weapons banned by these measures have been used in school shootings in the United States, which remain gun free zones.[4][5][6][7][8][9] An amendment to AWCA took effect in 2000, banning assault weapons based on an alternative set of characteristics instead of by model.[10] However, gun owners have been able to comply with the law by making minor adjustments to the weapons or purchasing "California-compliant" rifles of all types.[11]

In August 2000, the AWCA survived a state constitutional challenge in Kasler v. Lockyer before the California Supreme Court. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Nordyke v. King that the Second Amendment, which protects the right to bear arms, does not apply to state and local governments. However, the U.S. Supreme Court later ruled in McDonald v. City of Chicago that it does apply to all levels of government, making it possible for the act to be challenged in federal court.[4]

Rulings by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, headquartered in San Diego, can have implications across the entire Ninth Circuit, by far the largest in the country.[12] Judge Roger Benitez was nominated to the court by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate with 98 votes in favor and one against, despite overwhelming opposition by a committee of the American Bar Association.[13] Benitez has overturned several California gun control laws.[14] In Duncan v. Becerra and Rhode v. Becerra, he struck down portions of 2016 California Proposition 63 that prohibited possession of high-capacity magazines and required background checks for ammunition purchases, respectively. The state appealed both decisions;[7] the ruling in Duncan v. Bonta was reversed by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.[15] Gun control advocates say the San Diego court's unique process for transferring related cases to a single judge, out of the court's more than a dozen judges, has encouraged gun rights advocates to engage in forum shopping.[12]

Legal proceedings

District court

 
Judge Roger Benitez issued an injunction against the ban on June 4, 2021. His decision was stayed pending appeal.

On August 15, 2019, James Miller, a board member of the San Diego County Gun Owners, sued Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the Director of the California Bureau of Firearms,[8][16] alleging that the ban was an unconstitutional restriction of Second Amendment rights. He was joined by the San Diego County Gun Owners Political Action Committee, California Gun Rights Foundation, Second Amendment Foundation, and Firearms Policy Coalition, along with three other San Diego County residents who said they legally own rifles or pistols but are unable to use high-capacity magazines in them due to the law.[4][7][17]

The case was argued before Senior Judge Roger Benitez of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. The plaintiffs argued that the definition of "assault weapon" is politically motivated and prevents law-abiding citizens from obtaining and using firearms for self-defense, hunting, and other legal purposes.[8] Becerra's office argued that the ban was necessary because assault weapons are more lethal and are disproportionately used in crimes and mass shootings.[4] Benitez denied requests by Everytown for Gun Safety and the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence to file amicus briefs in favor of the state.[12] In April 2021, Rob Bonta took over the defense when he succeeded Becerra as Attorney General of California.

On June 4, 2021, Benitez ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, declaring the AWCA to be unconstitutional and issuing a permanent injunction against enforcing specific provisions of the law.[10] He opened the 94-page ruling by likening an AR-15 style rifle to a Swiss Army knife as "a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment" and describing the AR-15 as "good for both home and battle", citing District of Columbia v. Heller and United States v. Miller.[4][18][19][20][21] He described the ban as a failed experiment and reasoned that the ban covers weapons that are commonly used for legal purposes. In dismissing the need for a ban on assault rifles, he cited the prevalence of stabbing deaths in the state compared to murders by rifle, and also claimed that "More people have died from the COVID-19 vaccine than mass shootings in California."[4][13][22][23] Upon Bonta's request, Benitez granted a stay of the injunction for 30 days pending appeal.[4]

Appellate court

On June 10, 2021, Attorney General Bonta and Bureau of Firearms Director Luis Lopez appealed the ruling to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.[10][16] On June 21, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit – Barry G. Silverman, Jacqueline Nguyen, and Ryan D. Nelson – granted their request to extend the stay as appeals are litigated.[1][2] Mayor Sam Liccardo of San Jose has invited other California cities to join an amicus brief supporting the state's appeal.[24][25]

Another challenge to the AWCA, Rupp v. Bonta, has already been appealed to the Ninth Circuit court from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.[26]

On November 30, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court restored the state ban on high-capacity magazines in Duncan v. Bonta, suggesting that the court would also reverse the lower court ruling in Miller v. Bonta.[15]

On June 23, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decided New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, broadly rejecting any "means-end tests" such as the strict or intermediate scrutiny the Ninth Circuit had applied in upholding the constitutionality of various gun regulations. The opinion, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, emphasized that going forward the standard for applying the Second Amendment will require the government to "justify its regulation by demonstrating that it is consistent with the Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation." This newly clarified "text as informed by history" standard is widely expected to significantly affect how gun control cases such as Miller and Rupp are decided.[27]

On August 1, 2022, the Ninth Circuit three-judge panel vacated and remanded the case “for further proceedings consistent with the United States Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen.”

Reaction

State officials, including Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta, issued strongly worded statements opposing Judge Benitez's ruling. Newsom took particular issue with Judge Benitez comparing an AR-15 style rifle to a Swiss Army knife in the first sentence of his opinion. Bonta noted that the ruling had come down days after a mass shooting in San Jose, although the semiautomatic pistols used in that shooting had not been banned. The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence called it insulting that the ruling was handed down on National Gun Violence Awareness Day.[4][7] Gun-rights groups, including the National Rifle Association, Firearms Policy Coalition, and Gun Owners of America, celebrated the ruling.[7][8][23]

In December 2021, Governor Newsom again cited Judge Benitez's Swiss Army knife comparison in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson that effectively upheld enforcement of the Texas Heartbeat Act. He called for the California State Legislature to apply the act's framework to gun control, by introducing a private right of action against manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of assault weapon or ghost gun supplies in the state.[28][29]

References

  1. ^ a b "9th Circuit court blocks federal judge's decision to overturn California's assault weapons ban". Los Angeles Times. June 21, 2021 – via KTLA.
  2. ^ a b Paybarah, Azi (June 22, 2021). "Appeals Court Blocks Ruling That Overturned California's Assault Weapons Ban". The New York Times. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  3. ^ Egelko, Bob (May 27, 2021). "Do strict guns laws work to prevent violence? Depends on whom you ask". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Wigglesworth, Alex; Curwen, Thomas (June 5, 2021). "California officials decry ruling overturning assault weapons ban". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  5. ^ Barmann, Jay (July 30, 2019). . SFist. San Francisco: Gothamist. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  6. ^ Escalante, Eric (January 17, 2019). "Need to Know: The 1989 Cleveland School Shooting". Sacramento, California: KXTV. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e Moleski, Vincent (June 5, 2021). "California officials to fight to restore assault weapons ban". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d Kelliher, Fiona (June 5, 2021). "'We are at great peril': Overturn of California's weapons ban stokes fear among gun violence experts". The Mercury News. San Jose, California. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  9. ^ Hubler, Shawn; Liptak, Adam (June 5, 2021). "A Gun Rights Win in California With Sights Set on the Supreme Court". The New York Times. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  10. ^ a b c "Attorney General Bonta and Governor Newsom Announce Appeal of Decision to Overturn California's Three-Decade-Old Assault Weapons Ban" (Press release). Office of the Attorney General of California. June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  11. ^ Beckett, Lois; Clayton, Abené (June 8, 2021). "What the overturning of California's assault weapons ban means for America". The Guardian. London. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  12. ^ a b c Moran, Greg (October 17, 2020). "Obscure court rule sends gun rights cases to one San Diego federal judge, troubling gun control groups". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  13. ^ a b Ortiz, Erik (June 9, 2021). "Judge who reversed California assault weapons ban faces barrage of criticism". NBC News. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  14. ^ Elinson, Zusha; Gershman, Jacob (June 21, 2021). "California Gun-Control Battles Sparked by One Judge's Decisions". The Wall Street Journal. New York City. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  15. ^ a b Thrush, Glenn (November 30, 2021). "California's Ban on High-Capacity Magazines Is Restored by Appeals Court". The New York Times. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  16. ^ a b "Case No. 19-cv-1537-BEN-JLB Notice of Appeal" (PDF). Attorney General of California. June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  17. ^ Singh, Kanishka (June 5, 2021). "U.S. federal judge overturns California's ban on assault weapons". Reuters. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  18. ^ "US gun laws: Judge overturns California assault weapons ban". BBC News. June 5, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  19. ^ Pengelly, Martin (June 5, 2021). "'Disgusting slap in the face': California governor slams judge as assault rifles ban overturned". The Guardian. London. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  20. ^ Callery, James (June 5, 2021). "Federal judge overturns California's ban on assault weapons". The Times. London. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  21. ^ Meeks, Alexandra; Campbell, Josh; Levenson, Eric (June 5, 2021). "Federal judge overturns California's ban on assault weapons and likens AR-15 to Swiss Army knife". CNN. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  22. ^ Blake, Aaron (June 7, 2021). "A judge's momentous gun-rights ruling comes with a side of coronavirus vaccine misinformation". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C.
  23. ^ a b Cahill, Nick (June 10, 2021). "California Appeals 'Disturbing' Dump of Assault Weapons Ban by Federal Judge". Pasadena, California: Courthouse News Service. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  24. ^ Angst, Maggie (June 8, 2021). "VTA shooting: San Jose mayor unveils new plan for gun liability insurance and video recorded gun sales". The Mercury News. San Jose, California. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  25. ^ "San José Leaders Propose Ordinances for Greater Gun Harm Reduction" (Press release). City of San José. June 8, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  26. ^ Westfall, Austin (June 10, 2021). "What it means now that the state is appealing the assault weapons ban ruling". Bakersfield, California: KERO-TV. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  27. ^ Millhiser, Ian (June 23, 2022). "The Supreme Court's new gun ruling means virtually no gun regulation is safe". Vox Media. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  28. ^ Hubler, Shawn (December 12, 2021). "Newsom Calls for Gun Legislation Modeled on the Texas Abortion Law". The New York Times. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  29. ^ "Governor Newsom Statement on Supreme Court Decision" (Press release). Sacramento, California: Office of the Governor of California. December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2021.

Further reading

  • Miller v. Bonta, ECF No. 115 (S.D. Cal. 4 June 2021).
  • Miller v. Bonta court docket from the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Miller v. Bonta district court docket on CourtListener
  • Miller v. Bonta court of appeals docket on CourtListener

March 03, 2023
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Miller v Bonta is a pending court case before Judge Roger Benitez of the U S District Court for the Southern District of California concerning California s assault weapon ban the Roberti Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 AWCA Judge Roger Benitez struck down the ban in a ruling on June 5 2021 A three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit issued a stay of the ruling on June 21 2021 which left the ban in place as appeals were litigated 1 2 The panel then vacated Judge Benitez s ruling and remanded it back down after NYSRPA v Bruen was decided The case was known as Miller v Becerra before Rob Bonta succeeded Xavier Becerra as Attorney General of California in April 2021 Miller v BontaCourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFull case nameJames Miller et al Plaintiffs v Rob Bonta in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of California et al DefendantsCitation s 19 cv 1537 BEN JLB Case historyPrior action s Miller v Bonta No 19 cv 1537 BEN JLB injunction and stay ECF No 115 S D Cal 2021 Appealed fromUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California Contents 1 Background 2 Legal proceedings 2 1 District court 2 2 Appellate court 3 Reaction 4 References 5 Further readingBackground EditGun laws in California are among the strictest in the country 3 The Roberti Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 AWCA banned the ownership and transfer of specific models of firearms that were categorized as assault weapons Signed by Governor George Deukmejian a Republican it was the first law passed in response to the Cleveland Elementary School shooting in Stockton that year It inspired similar bans in six other states and the District of Columbia as well as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 that expired in 2004 In the years since assault weapons banned by these measures have been used in school shootings in the United States which remain gun free zones 4 5 6 7 8 9 An amendment to AWCA took effect in 2000 banning assault weapons based on an alternative set of characteristics instead of by model 10 However gun owners have been able to comply with the law by making minor adjustments to the weapons or purchasing California compliant rifles of all types 11 In August 2000 the AWCA survived a state constitutional challenge in Kasler v Lockyer before the California Supreme Court The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Nordyke v King that the Second Amendment which protects the right to bear arms does not apply to state and local governments However the U S Supreme Court later ruled in McDonald v City of Chicago that it does apply to all levels of government making it possible for the act to be challenged in federal court 4 Rulings by the U S District Court for the Southern District of California headquartered in San Diego can have implications across the entire Ninth Circuit by far the largest in the country 12 Judge Roger Benitez was nominated to the court by President George W Bush and confirmed by the Senate with 98 votes in favor and one against despite overwhelming opposition by a committee of the American Bar Association 13 Benitez has overturned several California gun control laws 14 In Duncan v Becerra and Rhode v Becerra he struck down portions of 2016 California Proposition 63 that prohibited possession of high capacity magazines and required background checks for ammunition purchases respectively The state appealed both decisions 7 the ruling in Duncan v Bonta was reversed by the U S Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 15 Gun control advocates say the San Diego court s unique process for transferring related cases to a single judge out of the court s more than a dozen judges has encouraged gun rights advocates to engage in forum shopping 12 Legal proceedings EditDistrict court Edit Judge Roger Benitez issued an injunction against the ban on June 4 2021 His decision was stayed pending appeal On August 15 2019 James Miller a board member of the San Diego County Gun Owners sued Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the Director of the California Bureau of Firearms 8 16 alleging that the ban was an unconstitutional restriction of Second Amendment rights He was joined by the San Diego County Gun Owners Political Action Committee California Gun Rights Foundation Second Amendment Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition along with three other San Diego County residents who said they legally own rifles or pistols but are unable to use high capacity magazines in them due to the law 4 7 17 The case was argued before Senior Judge Roger Benitez of the U S District Court for the Southern District of California The plaintiffs argued that the definition of assault weapon is politically motivated and prevents law abiding citizens from obtaining and using firearms for self defense hunting and other legal purposes 8 Becerra s office argued that the ban was necessary because assault weapons are more lethal and are disproportionately used in crimes and mass shootings 4 Benitez denied requests by Everytown for Gun Safety and the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence to file amicus briefs in favor of the state 12 In April 2021 Rob Bonta took over the defense when he succeeded Becerra as Attorney General of California On June 4 2021 Benitez ruled in favor of the plaintiffs declaring the AWCA to be unconstitutional and issuing a permanent injunction against enforcing specific provisions of the law 10 He opened the 94 page ruling by likening an AR 15 style rifle to a Swiss Army knife as a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment and describing the AR 15 as good for both home and battle citing District of Columbia v Heller and United States v Miller 4 18 19 20 21 He described the ban as a failed experiment and reasoned that the ban covers weapons that are commonly used for legal purposes In dismissing the need for a ban on assault rifles he cited the prevalence of stabbing deaths in the state compared to murders by rifle and also claimed that More people have died from the COVID 19 vaccine than mass shootings in California 4 13 22 23 Upon Bonta s request Benitez granted a stay of the injunction for 30 days pending appeal 4 Appellate court Edit On June 10 2021 Attorney General Bonta and Bureau of Firearms Director Luis Lopez appealed the ruling to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 10 16 On June 21 a three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Barry G Silverman Jacqueline Nguyen and Ryan D Nelson granted their request to extend the stay as appeals are litigated 1 2 Mayor Sam Liccardo of San Jose has invited other California cities to join an amicus brief supporting the state s appeal 24 25 Another challenge to the AWCA Rupp v Bonta has already been appealed to the Ninth Circuit court from the U S District Court for the Central District of California 26 On November 30 2021 the Ninth Circuit Court restored the state ban on high capacity magazines in Duncan v Bonta suggesting that the court would also reverse the lower court ruling in Miller v Bonta 15 On June 23 2022 the U S Supreme Court decided New York State Rifle amp Pistol Association Inc v Bruen broadly rejecting any means end tests such as the strict or intermediate scrutiny the Ninth Circuit had applied in upholding the constitutionality of various gun regulations The opinion written by Justice Clarence Thomas emphasized that going forward the standard for applying the Second Amendment will require the government to justify its regulation by demonstrating that it is consistent with the Nation s historical tradition of firearm regulation This newly clarified text as informed by history standard is widely expected to significantly affect how gun control cases such as Miller and Rupp are decided 27 On August 1 2022 the Ninth Circuit three judge panel vacated and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the United States Supreme Court s decision in New York State Rifle amp Pistol Ass n Inc v Bruen Reaction EditState officials including Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta issued strongly worded statements opposing Judge Benitez s ruling Newsom took particular issue with Judge Benitez comparing an AR 15 style rifle to a Swiss Army knife in the first sentence of his opinion Bonta noted that the ruling had come down days after a mass shooting in San Jose although the semiautomatic pistols used in that shooting had not been banned The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence called it insulting that the ruling was handed down on National Gun Violence Awareness Day 4 7 Gun rights groups including the National Rifle Association Firearms Policy Coalition and Gun Owners of America celebrated the ruling 7 8 23 In December 2021 Governor Newsom again cited Judge Benitez s Swiss Army knife comparison in response to the U S Supreme Court s decision in Whole Woman s Health v Jackson that effectively upheld enforcement of the Texas Heartbeat Act He called for the California State Legislature to apply the act s framework to gun control by introducing a private right of action against manufacturers distributors and sellers of assault weapon or ghost gun supplies in the state 28 29 References Edit a b 9th Circuit court blocks federal judge s decision to overturn California s assault weapons ban Los Angeles Times June 21 2021 via KTLA a b Paybarah Azi June 22 2021 Appeals Court Blocks Ruling That Overturned California s Assault Weapons Ban The New York Times Retrieved June 22 2021 Egelko Bob May 27 2021 Do strict guns laws work to prevent violence Depends on whom you ask San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved May 28 2021 a b c d e f g h Wigglesworth Alex Curwen Thomas June 5 2021 California officials decry ruling overturning assault weapons ban Los Angeles Times Retrieved June 6 2021 Barmann Jay July 30 2019 Regarding the 1989 Schoolyard Shooting That Prompted California to Ban Assault Weapons SFist San Francisco Gothamist Archived from the original on June 8 2021 Retrieved June 6 2021 Escalante Eric January 17 2019 Need to Know The 1989 Cleveland School Shooting Sacramento California KXTV Retrieved June 6 2021 a b c d e Moleski Vincent June 5 2021 California officials to fight to restore assault weapons ban The Sacramento Bee Retrieved June 6 2021 a b c d Kelliher Fiona June 5 2021 We are at great peril Overturn of California s weapons ban stokes fear among gun violence experts The Mercury News San Jose California Retrieved June 8 2021 Hubler Shawn Liptak Adam June 5 2021 A Gun Rights Win in California With Sights Set on the Supreme Court The New York Times Retrieved June 9 2021 a b c Attorney General Bonta and Governor Newsom Announce Appeal of Decision to Overturn California s Three Decade Old Assault Weapons Ban Press release Office of the Attorney General of California June 10 2021 Retrieved June 10 2021 Beckett Lois Clayton Abene June 8 2021 What the overturning of California s assault weapons ban means for America The Guardian London Retrieved June 10 2021 a b c Moran Greg October 17 2020 Obscure court rule sends gun rights cases to one San Diego federal judge troubling gun control groups The San Diego Union Tribune Retrieved June 7 2021 a b Ortiz Erik June 9 2021 Judge who reversed California assault weapons ban faces barrage of criticism NBC News Retrieved June 9 2021 Elinson Zusha Gershman Jacob June 21 2021 California Gun Control Battles Sparked by One Judge s Decisions The Wall Street Journal New York City Retrieved June 21 2021 a b Thrush Glenn November 30 2021 California s Ban on High Capacity Magazines Is Restored by Appeals Court The New York Times Retrieved November 30 2021 a b Case No 19 cv 1537 BEN JLB Notice of Appeal PDF Attorney General of California June 10 2021 Retrieved June 10 2021 Singh Kanishka June 5 2021 U S federal judge overturns California s ban on assault weapons Reuters Retrieved June 6 2021 US gun laws Judge overturns California assault weapons ban BBC News June 5 2021 Retrieved June 6 2021 Pengelly Martin June 5 2021 Disgusting slap in the face California governor slams judge as assault rifles ban overturned The Guardian London Retrieved June 6 2021 Callery James June 5 2021 Federal judge overturns California s ban on assault weapons The Times London ISSN 0140 0460 Retrieved June 6 2021 Meeks Alexandra Campbell Josh Levenson Eric June 5 2021 Federal judge overturns California s ban on assault weapons and likens AR 15 to Swiss Army knife CNN Retrieved June 6 2021 Blake Aaron June 7 2021 A judge s momentous gun rights ruling comes with a side of coronavirus vaccine misinformation The Washington Post Washington D C a b Cahill Nick June 10 2021 California Appeals Disturbing Dump of Assault Weapons Ban by Federal Judge Pasadena California Courthouse News Service Retrieved June 10 2021 Angst Maggie June 8 2021 VTA shooting San Jose mayor unveils new plan for gun liability insurance and video recorded gun sales The Mercury News San Jose California Retrieved June 10 2021 San Jose Leaders Propose Ordinances for Greater Gun Harm Reduction Press release City of San Jose June 8 2021 Retrieved June 10 2021 Westfall Austin June 10 2021 What it means now that the state is appealing the assault weapons ban ruling Bakersfield California KERO TV Retrieved June 11 2021 Millhiser Ian June 23 2022 The Supreme Court s new gun ruling means virtually no gun regulation is safe Vox Media Retrieved June 24 2022 Hubler Shawn December 12 2021 Newsom Calls for Gun Legislation Modeled on the Texas Abortion Law The New York Times Retrieved December 12 2021 Governor Newsom Statement on Supreme Court Decision Press release Sacramento California Office of the Governor of California December 11 2021 Retrieved December 12 2021 Further reading EditMiller v Bonta ECF No 115 S D Cal 4 June 2021 Miller v Bonta court docket from the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Miller v Bonta district court docket on CourtListener Miller v Bonta court of appeals docket on CourtListener Retrieved from https en 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