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(Appeals Court backs judge ruling)….It was in the lawsuit concerning a California law.

The law restricting gun magazines to 10 bullets was supposed to go into effect this month. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez in San Diego granted a preliminary injunction until a lawsuit by gun owners is litigated. This week the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that preliminary injunction, In his ruling, Judge Benitez said San Diego and Imperial County’s have vast backcountry areas and gun owners should be able to decide for themselves how many bullets are enough, depending on the situation. That ruling is in contrast to a 2015 decision that upheld a similar magazine ban in the bay area city of Sunnyvale. Benitez said a major difference is that Sunnyvale is a densely populated city. The lawsuit to stop the implementation of the Magazine law was filed by the California Rifle and Pistol Association, an affiliate of the National Rifle Association.