https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/10/california-appeals-ruling-to-overturn-longstanding-assault-weapons-ban/ > SAN FRANCISCO — The state has formally appealed a court ruling that overturned California’s longstanding ban on assault weapons, marking the next step in a legal battle that could eventually reach the Supreme Court. > Speaking from a news conference at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center on Thursday alongside the governor and mayor, Attorney General Rob Bonta referenced last month’s mass shooting at a San Jose rail yard that left nine dead as evidence that “no one law” can stop mass shootings — but pledged to fight the controversial ruling nonetheless. His appeal is now on file in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.