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Judge Roger T. Benitez latest pro-gun ruling is one of his best. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A federal judge in California just handed down one of the strongest pro-gun rulings in history, and in response, Democrats and the media are doing their best to miss the point and mislead the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judge Roger T. Benitez, who has issued several<\/a> pro-gun rulings<\/a> in recent years, penned a scathing critique of California\u2019s \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban and argued that it directly contradicts both the Second Amendment and the Supreme Court\u2019s Heller <\/em>decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the end, the Bill of Rights is not a list of suggestions or guidelines for social balancing,\u201d Benitez writes. \u201cThe Bill of Rights prevents the tyranny of the majority from taking away the rights of a minority. When a state nibbles on Constitutional rights, who protects the minorities? The federal courts. The Second Amendment protects any law-abiding citizen\u2019s right to choose to be armed to defend himself, his family, and his home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Amendment advocacy organizations praised the ruling as air-tight and well-informed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn his 94-page ruling, Judge Benitez has shredded California gun control laws regarding modern semi-automatic rifles,\u201d said Second Amendment Foundation founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. \u201cIt is clear the judge did his homework on this ruling, and we are delighted with the outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Gun-Friendly California Judge Scores Another 2A Case, Everytown Livid<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Democrats in California and their allies in the national media have latched on to a phrase in Benitez\u2019s opening paragraph to try to discredit the ruling. \u201cLike the Swiss Army Knife, the popular AR-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment,\u201d Benitez begins. Anti-gun advocates have implied that Benitez intended to compare the deadliness of AR-platform rifles to Swiss Army knives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is no sound basis in law, fact, or common sense for equating assault rifles with Swiss Army knives \u2014 especially on Gun Violence Awareness Day and after the recent shootings in our own California communities,\u201d California State Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can assure you \u2014 if a Swiss Army knife was used at Pulse, we would have had a birthday party for my best friend last week,\u201d Brandon Wolf, who survived the Pulse Nightclub attack in Florida attack, wrote on Twitter<\/a>. \u201cNot a vigil.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kris Brown, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, also misread Benitez\u2019s comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have two daughters, and they read dystopian fiction, like the \u2018Hunger Games,\u2019 and it was kind of like that,\u201d she told the LA Times<\/a>. \u201cIt can\u2019t be real. Nobody, ever, who is a thinking human being with a heartbeat, could possibly liken a Swiss Army knife to an AR-15.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, Benitez is not comparing the deadliness of the AR-15 with a Swiss Army knife. His point, as he explains in the very next sentence, is that the AR-15 is the do-it-all rifle. As he argues throughout his ruling, such rifles are precisely what the Constitution\u2019s Framers wanted to protect under the Second Amendment and what the Supreme Court described as enjoying strong protections in its Heller <\/em>decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Standard-Capacity Magazines are Flooding California Following Landmark Ruling Striking Down Ban<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs applied to [California\u2019s \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban], the Heller<\/em> test asks: is a modern rifle commonly owned by law-abiding citizens for a lawful purpose? For the AR-15 type rifle the answer is \u2018yes,\u2019\u201d Benitez writes. \u201cThe overwhelming majority of citizens who own and keep the popular AR-15 rifle and its many variants do so for lawful purposes, including self-defense at home. Under Heller<\/em>, that is all that is needed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benitez also goes after California\u2019s ban on standard-capacity magazines. He highlights a true story of a pregnant woman who used an AR-15 to defender her daughter and husband from multiple intruders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It does not require much imagination to guess what would have happened next if the wife and mother did not have the firearm, or if she had emptied the AR-15\u2019s magazine before the attackers had fled. The quiet click would be sickening and probably with tragic results. The State contends that one does not \u2018need\u2019 more than ten rounds. That is easy to say. Perhaps one should imagine the terror that would have gripped this wife and mother, from the sound of a \u2018click,\u2019 out of ammunition, helplessly watching her husband being murdered, her daughter being raped or murdered, and the enraged men coming for her.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Benitez concludes by calling California\u2019s \u201cassault weapon\u201d ban a \u201cfailed experiment.\u201d The legislation has done nothing to prevent mass shootings or attacks on law enforcement officers, but it has profoundly impacted the constitutional rights of millions of Americans who have been denied access to protected firearms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is only one policy enshrined in the Bill of Rights. Guns and ammunition in the hands of criminals, tyrants and terrorists are dangerous; guns in the hands of law-abiding responsible citizens are better,\u201d he writes. \u201cTo give full life to the core right of self-defense, every law-abiding responsible individual citizen has a constitutionally protected right to keep and bear firearms commonly owned and kept for lawful purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, nothing will change immediately about California’s gun laws. Judge Benitez put a 30-day stay on his ruling to allow the state to appeal, which Attorney General Rob Bonta plans to do<\/a>. When that happens, the case will have to wind its way to the California appeals court. From there, it could end up in the U.S. Supreme Court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out the full opinion below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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