A federal judge has struck down a California law banning gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. U.S.

California cannot ban gun owners from having detachable magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, a federal judge ruled Friday.

The decision from U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez won’t take effect immediately. California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat, has already filed a notice to appeal the ruling. The ban is likely to remain in effect while the case is still pending.

This is the second time Benitez has struck down California’s law banning certain types of magazines. The first time he struck it down — way back in 2017 — an appeals court ended up reversing his decision.

    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      85·
      9 months ago

      Well, better than a knife that makes you get close to an armed attacker, and they don’t make holsters for baseball bats, tasers are 60% effective and that’s the ones the police can get that we can’t, and mace is for non-deadly threats, so you should have that too, but time and place

        • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          1·
          9 months ago

          Idk where you live, but afaik there isn’t a place where armed self defense is only legal with guns. Sucks if true, but then “you should change that.”

      • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
        23·
        9 months ago

        A knife doesn’t make you come close to an attacker. You use it when the attacker comes close.

        The point of self defence is to defend, not to go out of your way to kill.

        • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          32·
          9 months ago

          Ok fair, I worded that poorly, I should have said “is only effective when the attacker gets in close enough proximity to stab, which puts you at undue risk of harm” but I didn’t think the Pedantic Police would be out, my mistake.

    • bobman@unilem.org
      1010·
      9 months ago

      Well, if you can’t fight then a gun is your best option.

      Can you fight?

      Didn’t think so.