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Monday, May 20, 2024 | Back issues
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Billy clubs

SAN DIEGO — A federal court in California upheld the state’s ban on civilian possession of billy clubs, finding the 104-year-old state law qualifies as “longstanding” and is “beyond the sweep of the Second Amendment.”

Read the order here.

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