Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered an extraordinarily fierce rebuke of the federal judge who struck down California’s assault weapons ban
SAN FRANCISCO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered an extraordinarily fierce rebuke Thursday of the federal judge who struck down California’s assault weapons ban, calling the judge a “wholly-owned subsidiary of the gun lobby and the National Rifle Association."
“We need to call this federal judge out,” Newsom said. “He will continue to do damage. Mark my words.” "Gavin Newsom’s Department of Justice had the opportunity to present its facts in court — and failed to do so. Now that Judge Benitez ruled against Gavin Newsom, he is shamefully attacking a federal judge with politicized falsehoods because Newsom got a result he didn’t like," Michel said in an emailed statement. "Newsom can stomp his feet all he wants, but the Constitution will win the day.
“I don’t believe this judge would uphold a single gun law anywhere, ever,” said Robyn Thomas of the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
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