From what I gather in the newspapers, the part of the R-R bill declared
unconstitutional is the part that let a judge or the Attorney
General add more weapons to the list. The California justices say that
only a legislative body (such as the Assembly or the Senate) can do
that, not a judge or the AG (who is part of the judiciary).
Yesterday, a new bill got OK in the CA Senate. Introduced by Don
Perata, a rabid antigunner who confessed to carrying a 9mm semi-auto for
"protection" while attempting to ban all handguns and assault wepaons
for the masses, the bill would have a much more generic definition of
assault weapons to prevent the sale or possession of ANY
handguns or rifles capable of using large capacity magazines. It still
has to clear the Assembly then approved by the CA governor. But the fact
that such idiocy can make it past the CA senate is noteworthy.
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