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11-22-2011, 07:22 PM
Nov. 21, 2011, 2:37 p.m. EST
SAF Files Constitutional Challenge of California 'Assault Weapons' Law
BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of California's ban on so-called "assault weapons," claiming that the statute is "vague and ambiguous" in its definition of assault weapons, leading to the arrest of a California man on two different occasions.
SAF is joined in the lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, by the CalGuns Foundation and Brendan John Richards, an honorably-discharged Marine and Iraq war veteran, who was arrested and jailed in May 2010 and August 2011. On both occasions, charges against Richards were dismissed when it was determined that he had not violated the law because firearms in his possession on both occasions were not "assault weapons" as defined by California law. They are represented by attorneys Donald Kilmer of San Jose and Jason A. Davis of Mission Viejo.
To read the rest of the story click the link below.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/saf-files-constitutional-challenge-of-california-assault-weapons-law-2011-11-21
Steve
SAF Files Constitutional Challenge of California 'Assault Weapons' Law
BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of California's ban on so-called "assault weapons," claiming that the statute is "vague and ambiguous" in its definition of assault weapons, leading to the arrest of a California man on two different occasions.
SAF is joined in the lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, by the CalGuns Foundation and Brendan John Richards, an honorably-discharged Marine and Iraq war veteran, who was arrested and jailed in May 2010 and August 2011. On both occasions, charges against Richards were dismissed when it was determined that he had not violated the law because firearms in his possession on both occasions were not "assault weapons" as defined by California law. They are represented by attorneys Donald Kilmer of San Jose and Jason A. Davis of Mission Viejo.
To read the rest of the story click the link below.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/saf-files-constitutional-challenge-of-california-assault-weapons-law-2011-11-21
Steve