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The Roberti–Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 (AWCA) is a California law that bans the ownership and transfer of over 50 specific brands and models of firearms, which were classified as assault weapons. Most were rifles, but some were pistols and shotguns. The law was amended in 1999 to classify assault weapons by features of the firearm.
Assault weapons being imported into California for sale and delivery to a federal, state or local governmental agency for use by employees of such agencies to perform official duties. Private security firms may seek approval from the DOJ to arm its employees with weapons that meet California's assault weapon definition while on duty.
California first restricted assault weapons in 1989, with multiple updates to the law since then. Assault weapons as defined by the law are more dangerous than other firearms and are ...
A federal judge on Thursday declared a California law banning assault weapons unconstitutional, saying the prohibition enacted in 1989 against semi-automatic weapons could not stand under a U.S ...
Among the laws Friday's decision could affect are California's bans on assault-style weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines, both of which are facing legal challenges in the U.S. 9th ...
A federal judge ruled Thursday that California’s ban on assault weapons violates the Second Amendment. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez cited the Supreme Court’s ruling against a New York gun ...
The law that set up Illinois' concealed carry system in 2013 also established state preemption for certain areas of gun law, including restrictions on assault weapons. Laws passed before July 20, 2013, are grandfathered in, and a number of local governments in the Chicago area have laws that either prohibit or regulate the possession of ...
A federal judge has overturned a decades-old California law banning assault weapons, calling the restriction “extreme” and unconstitutional.