SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge struck down a California law banning possession of club-like weapons, reversing his previous ruling from three years ago that upheld the prohibition on billy clubs, batons and similar blunt objects. Benitez declared in Sept. 2021 that California’s ban on such weapons qualified as “longstanding” and therefore did not violate the Second Amendment. “The Supreme Court was clear that Bruen did not create a regulatory straitjacket for states — and we believe that the district court got this wrong. Alan Beck, an attorney for two military veterans who challenged the billy club ban, welcomed Benitez’s ruling. “I thought it was a straightforward application of Supreme Court precedent,” Beck told the Times on Monday.

Source: Hindustan Times February 27, 2024 08:56 UTC