Backlash after judge overturns California’s ban on rifles and compares them to Swiss Army knives

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The overturning of a long-term ban on assault weapons including rifles has caused a backlash, especially after a judge compared the AR-15 rifle to a Swiss Army Knife.

AR-15 style rifles have been used in numerous well-known mass shootings including in a cinema in Aurora, Colorado, at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, the Route 91 and at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut.Responding to the ruling,He said: “Comparing an AR-15 to a Swiss army knife is a disgusting slap in the face to those who have lost loved ones to gun violence.California Attorney General Rob Bonta added he will be appealing the ruling.

 

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Well in Finland carrying either one is illegal.

Do you have year on year comparison for fatalities caused by rifles V those caused by Swiss army knifes?

Ok, who elected this judge?! 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

Is this judge insane?

After the decade of hundreds of children being shot by ARs, this backwards judge reverses this ban?! I hope every dead child haunts him.

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