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In ''Silveira v. Lockyer'', 312 F.3d 1052 (9th Cir. 2002), the Court of Appeals for the [[Ninth Circuit]] upheld a [[California]] [[gun control]] statute restricting the possession, use, and transfer of semi-automatic weapons popularly known as "assault weapons."

In '''''Silveira v. Lockyer''''', 312 F.3d 1052 (9th Cir. 2002), the Court of Appeals for the [[Ninth Circuit]] upheld a [[California]] [[gun control]] statute restricting the possession, use, and transfer of semi-automatic weapons popularly known as "assault weapons."

Judge [[Stephen Reinhardt]] wrote the opinion for the unanimous Court.  In a portion of his opinion not supported by the third judge on the panel, Judge Reinhardt declared that the [[Second Amendment]] is a collective right rather than an individual right:

Judge [[Stephen Reinhardt]] wrote the opinion for the unanimous Court.  In a portion of his opinion not supported by the third judge on the panel, Judge Reinhardt declared that the [[Second Amendment]] is a collective right rather than an individual right:

Judge Reinhardt's opinion includes lengthy discussions of historical evidence and expressly disagrees with the opposite conclusion reached by the [[Fifth Circuit]] in ''[[United States v. Emerson]]''.

Judge Reinhardt's opinion includes lengthy discussions of historical evidence and expressly disagrees with the opposite conclusion reached by the [[Fifth Circuit]] in ''[[United States v. Emerson]]''.

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[[category:Ninth Circuit]]

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