Will latest Supreme Court decision affect California bans on assault weapons, magazines?

A long-awaited U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a federal law barring domestic abusers from possessing firearms will have a narrower impact than some had hoped, but it will nonetheless play an important role in reshaping gun laws in California and across the country, legal experts said.

Among the laws Friday's decision could affect are California's bans on assault-style weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines, both of which are facing legal challenges in the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Adam Winkler, a UCLA law professor who focuses on Second Amendment law, said nothing in the high court's decision in United States vs. Rahimi "makes it crystal clear how those cases are going to play out."

But, he said, the decision does give lower court judges a wider legal