Civil Rights,
Government
Dec. 29, 2022
US judges look to different histories to decide on gun laws
U.S. district judges already are taking different approaches about how much expert testimony is needed to evaluate whether various California laws meet the Supreme Court’s new standard.
The future of a host of California firearms laws is, for now, in the hands of federal judges on opposite ends of the state in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that instructed them to be guided by the history and tradition of gun statutes.
The laws concern the types of firearms and high capacity magazines people may own, where they may be carried, and whether young adults can buy them at all.
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