Texas Joins Multistate Coalition Seeking to Axe California’s ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban
Texas has joined a multistate coalition challenging California’s so-called “assault weapons” ban, which remains in effect after an appeals court put on hold a judge’s ruling that the Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 (AWCA) violates the Second Amendment. Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General, said in a press release that the Lone Star state had […]
Texas has joined a multistate coalition challenging California's so-called "assault weapons" ban, which remains in effect after an appeals court put on hold a judge's ruling that the Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 (AWCA) violates the Second Amendment. Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General, said in a press release that the Lone Star state had joined 21 other states in a legal brief (pdf) in the case of Miller v. Bonta, demanding that the San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit uphold a lower court decision to strike down a ban on what California describes as illegal military-style rifles. “States do not have the right to dictate what is ‘necessary’ or ‘unnecessary’ when it comes to constitutional rights, and demonizing certain rifles that are widely used nationwide is an infringement on the Second Amendment,” Paxton said in the statement. Paxton objected to the label "assault weapons," instead calling ...
