The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to end a long-standing ban on the sale of “ultracompact” firearms, rolling back the rule in the face of legal threats from gun rights groups. More recently, they argued that the ban was preempted by California state law, which restricts the kind of handguns that can be sold by dealers across the state. "I expect that state law — prohibiting a wide range of unsafe handguns — will protect Angelenos,” he said. California law restricts which kinds of guns can be sold, based on testing and micro-stamping requirements. Michel said it was not the only victory that the gun rights advocates had notched recently in Los Angeles.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 29, 2017 18:29 UTC