The case could wind up in the Supreme Court if the appeals court upholds the law, which also requires ammunition sales to be ...

A three-judge panel previously sided with a San Diego judge in ruling that California can’t require background checks for all ...

Appeals panel said California's ammunition background check law was unconstitutional Judges cited 2nd Amendment limits on restricting access to functioning firearms California officials plan legal ...

BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a major Second Amendment ruling, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down California's 2016 law requiring background ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down California’s first-in-the-nation law requiring background checks for ...

Last Thursday, I received a flurry of emails from ammunition dealers boasting variations on "now shipping directly to California residents." "Due to a recent US District Court ruling in California, ...

Lifelong hunter J.R. Young of San Jose rushed to an online ammunition dealer last week after a federal court decision overturned a California gun law that required background checks in person at every ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that California's law requiring background checks for people purchasing ammunition is unconstitutional, upholding a San Diego federal judge's ...

A federal appeals court this week struck down California's landmark law requiring background checks and in-person transactions for ammunition purchases, the latest in a string of judicial wins that ...