Legal Opinion
Silveira v. Lockyer
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 5, 2002No. 01-15098PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge REINHARDT; Concurrence by Judge MAGILL.
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge.
In 1999, the State of California enacted amendments to its gun control laws that significantly strengthened the state’s restrictions on the possession, use, and transfer of the semi-automatic weapons popularly known as “assault weapons.” Plaintiffs, California residents who either own assault weapons, seek to acquire such weapons, or both, brought this challenge to the gun control statute, asserting that the law, as amended, violates the Second Amendment, the Equal Protection Clause, and a host of other…
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