CalGuns & SAF file lawsuit against CA AWB. [View All]

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How's that for a mouthful of acronyms.

SAF, Calguns Sue over California `Assault Weapons` Law Arrest

Mon May 23, 2011 2:09pm EDT

SAF, Calguns Sue over California ‘Assault Weapons’ Law Arrest

The Second Amendment Foundation and Calguns Foundation have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in California, seeking to have the state’s definition of so-called “assault weapons” declared unconstitutionally vague.

Joining SAF and Calguns in the lawsuit is Brendan John Richards, an Iraq combat veteran who served as a U.S. Marine, and whose arrest and six-day incarceration in the Sonoma County jail – and subsequent dismissal of all charges – was the catalyst for this legal action. Named as defendants are California Attorney General Kamala Harris, the California Department of Justice, the City of Rohnert Park and police officer Dean Becker.

Richards was jailed in May 2010 after Officer Becker, investigating a disturbance at a motel where Richards was staying, learned that Richards had two pistols and a rifle, all unloaded, in the trunk of his car. Becker, arrested Richards for unlawful possession of an assault weapon. However, in September of last year, the charges were dismissed by the Sonoma County District Attorney’s office, based on a report from the state Department of Justice that showed none of the guns met the state’s definition of an assault weapon.

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Link to complaint (PDF format)...

My only misgiving about this approach, is that the defendant is challenging the "vagueness"/language of the law, when the primary grievance should question CA's AWB as an outright infringement to our 2nd amendment rights... regardless of the laws "vagueness"

Still... it's a step in the right direction.

Give'em hell Calguns and SAF!!!


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