A gun rights group in San Diego sued Thursday to block
California from enforcing an assault weapons ban, citing a federal court ruling earlier this year that struck down a state prohibition against high-capacity magazines.
The challenge against California’s firearms laws, which are among the strictest in the country, follows a pair of d
eadly mass shootings this month involving military-style rifles.
The lawsuit was filed in the same San Diego federal court where District Judge Roger Benitez in March tossed a two-decade-old state ban on the sale and purchase of magazines holding more than 10 rounds of ammo.