Federal Judge Upholds Majority of SAFE Act
In a decision that has been much anticipated, Skretny said most of the SAFE Act is constitutional and should remain in effect.
He also found the law, a response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Connecticut that killed 20 children and six adults, is not a violation of the Second Amendment.
“The majority of the challenged provisions withstand constitutional scrutiny,” he said in his decision.
Filed in March, just two months after the law was passed, the federal court challenge has cast a national spotlight on Buffalo, in part because legal scholars believe the case could end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
If so, the civil suit could be one in which the court finally decides whether the Second Amendment allows government to regulate ammunition clips and assault weapons.
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