New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman supports the California ban of large-capacity magazines (LCM) for guns. The law also requires certain individuals to pass a background check to be able to buy ammunition.
On Thursday, Schneiderman signed an amicus brief encouraging the United States Court of Appeals to uphold California’s Proposition 63. Majority of Californian’s (63.1%) approved the law on November 2016.
Schneiderman said “Common sense gun laws are vital to keeping families safe – and states have every right to enact them to protect their communities.”
Schneiderman was among the 13 Attorneys General urging the Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court’s preliminary injunction of Proposition 63. In June, Southern California District Court Judge Benitez ruled that the law is likely unconstitutional.
In his ruling, Benitez explained that the law “burdens the core of the Second Amendment.” He also said that it is the “type of policy choice that the Constitution takes off the table.”
California enacted reasonable gun law
In the Amicus brief, the Attorneys General argued that the Second Amendment does not prevent States and localities from enacting reasonable gun laws. They also noted that there is no Supreme Court precedent on the matter.
