Kasler v. Lockyer
California Supreme Court · No. S069522 · 2 P.3d 581
👎Unfavorable to gun rights
rejected equal protection, separation-of-powers, and due process attacks on the assault weapons ban
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What the court held
Gun owners challenged California's Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act, arguing that its make-and-model list irrationally omitted functionally indistinguishable firearms and that the judicial "add-on" procedure for expanding the list violated separation of powers and due process. The California Supreme Court applied rational basis review and rejected the equal protection claim, and likewise rejected the separation-of-powers and due process claims, leaving the Act in force. Justice Kennard dissented in part, arguing plaintiffs had adequately pleaded an equal protection violation.
Summarized from the court's opinion.
What this case is about
California Assault Weapons Control Act and the procedure for adding models to the assault weapons list
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Key Dates
- 2000-06-29 — Decided
Sources
- CourtListener — retrieved 2026-08-08
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