A U.S. District Court in Colorado has halted the enforcement of an 'assault weapon' and magazine ban, ruling it unconstitutional. The decision, based on the Supreme Court's Bruen standard, found no historical precedent for such broad prohibitions on commonly possessed firearms. This ruling is significant for Second Amendment challenges to state and local gun control measures.
A federal judge in Colorado has enjoined an 'assault weapon' and 'large capacity magazine' ban, citing the Second Amendment and the Supreme Court's Bruen decision. The judge found that AR-15s, AK-style firearms, and standard capacity magazines are commonly owned for lawful purposes and thus protected. The government failed to present a historically analogous law from the founding era to justify the ban, shifting the burden of proof and leading to the injunction.
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