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US appeals court keeps California assault weapons ban in force (www.reuters.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

They're operating off of the CA definition in the headline.

To the best of my knowledge the only federal definition of the phrase 'assault weapon' came from the 1994 ban which ceased in 2004. And that targeted semiautomatic guns too as it was based off of California's.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Thank you for the correction. I am dumb

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No problem, we all have our moments.

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