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Source: CBS San Francisco
SACRAMENTO (AP) A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday threw out Californias ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, saying the law violates the U.S. Constitutions protection of the right to bear firearms.
Even well-intentioned laws must pass constitutional muster, Appellate Judge Kenneth Lee wrote for the panels majority. Californias ban on magazines holding more than 10 bullets strikes at the core of the Second Amendment the right to armed self-defense.
He noted that California passed the law in the wake of heart-wrenching and highly publicized mass shootings, but said that isnt enough to justify a ban whose scope is so sweeping that half of all magazines in America are now unlawful to own in California.
Read more: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/08/14/9th-c
Regarding Appellate Judge Kenneth Lee (from Wikipedia):
On October 10, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Lee to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.[5] Both California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris announced their opposition to his nomination.[9] On November 13, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Lee to the seat vacated by Judge Stephen Reinhardt, who died on March 29, 2018.