SILVEIRA v. LOCKYER

No. 01-15098.

312 F.3d 1052 (2002)

Sean SILVEIRA; Jack Safford; Patrick Overstreet; David K. Mehl; Steven Focht, Sgt.; David Blalock, Sgt.; Marcus Davis; Vance Boyce; Keneth Dewald, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bill LOCKYER, Attorney General, State of California; Gray Davis, Governor, State of California, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 5, 2002.

As Amended January 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary W. Gorski, Fair Oaks, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Nancy Palmieri, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: REINHARDT, MAGILL, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge REINHARDT; Concurrence by Judge MAGILL.

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge.

In 1999, the State of California enacted amendments to its gun control laws that significantly strengthened the state's restrictions on the possession, use, and transfer of the semi-automatic weapons popularly known as "assault weapons." Plaintiffs, California residents who either own assault weapons, seek to acquire such weapons, or both, brought this challenge to the gun control...

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