Peter Alan KASLER et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,
v.
Bill LOCKYER, as Attorney General, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 29, 2000.
Rehearing Denied August 16, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Benenson & Kates, Don B. Kates, Novate; Stephen P. Halbrook, Fairfax, VA; Michel & Associates, Trutanich & Michel, CD. Michel, San Pedro; and Donald E.J. Kilmer, Jr., San Jose, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Michael Patrick Murray, for National Rifle Association of America as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Steven Silver, Los Angeles, for National Rifle Association, California Rifle & Pistol Association, Gun Owners of California, the Second Amendment Foundation and Lawyers Second Amendment Society as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Richard E. Gardiner and Steven Silver, Los Angeles, for Law Enforcement Alliance of America as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Dan Schultz, for Law Enforcement Alliance of America, Congress of Racial Equality, Womens' Safety Alliance, Doctors for Integrity in Police Research, Prosecutors for Responsible Gun Ownership and Lawyers Second Amendment Society as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson and David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Ronald A. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Paul V. Bishop, Kevin Holsclaw, John A. Gordnier and Timothy L. Rieger, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.
Louise H. Renne, City Attorney (San Francisco), D. Cameron Baker, Deputy City Attorney, Owen A. Clemens; O'Melveny & Myers, John A. Crose, Jr., Robert C. Vanderet, Charles C. Lifland, Jennifer L. Isenberg, San Francisco; Mark D. Polston, Washington, Dist. of Columbia, Brian J. Siebel and Dennis A. Henigan, Washington, Dist. of Columbia, for Center to Prevent Handgun Violence, California Police Chiefs' Association, California Peace Officers' Association, California State Sheriffs' Association and City and County of San Francisco as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.
Supreme Court of California.
BROWN, J.
In enacting the Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 (Stats. 1989, ch. 19, § 3, p. 64; hereafter AWCA), the Legislature imposed restrictions on a class of semiautomatic firearms it characterized as "assault weapons." (Pen.Code, § 12275 et seq.)1 The restrictions were necessary, the Legislature found and declared, because each of the semiautomatic firearms...
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