Posted July 5, 2017 7:33 pm by Comments

By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson

High Capacity Magazines 223 Ammunition Ammo

by C.D. Michel

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C.D. Michel
C.D. Michel

U.S.A.-(Ammoland.com)- On June 29 2017, Cuban-born Federal District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez issued an injunction in an NRA and CRPA supported lawsuit that challenges California’s laws prohibiting the possession of standard capacity firearm magazines.

For now at least, Judge Benitez’s ruling in the Duncan v. Becerra case stops the ban from taking effect. More generally, and perhaps more significantly, it affirms that the Second Amendment is not a second class right, and must be respected and protected by the courts.

In 1960, when he was 10 years old, Judge Benitez emigrated from communist controlled Cuba to the United States. He was accompanied by his 13-year old brother, but his mother was initially unable to accompany them because she had been arrested by Castro’s forces on suspicion of sympathizing with the United States Government. After being held for three days without being allowed to call a lawyer or her family, she was fortunately released, and was eventually able to escape Castro’s regime.

Judge Benitez’ family’s experiences under communist rule have impacted his judicial career, and apparently shaped his …Read the Rest

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