California has among the most stringent gun laws in the country and on Monday a far-reaching new initiative to curb violence will require background checks for every ammunition purchase. Gov. Gavin ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (CNS) — 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The California law that forced ammunition purchasers to pass a background check was passed by voters in 2016. Gov.