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The Latest: California justices toss bullet stamping suit
The Latest: California justices toss bullet stamping suit
The California Supreme Court says state laws cannot be invalidated on the grounds that complying with them is impossible.
The unanimous ruling on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by gun rights groups that sought to throw out a California law that requires new models of semi-automatic handguns to stamp identifying information on bullet casings. The groups argued that technology did not exist to meet the stamping requirements, and a law can't mandate something that's not possible.
The court said impossibility can sometimes lead courts to excuse a failure to comply with a law. But it said it can't be the basis for invalidating a law.[/quo