A California court just found a way around the SCOTUS standard that’s killed other gun laws San Francisco Chronicle
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A California appellate ruling, in a case from Berkeley, has implications that go far beyond upholding one state gun law.
Steve Prezant/Getty ImagesFinding evidence from colonial history that the Supreme Court has required to justify restrictions on firearms, a state appeals court on Thursday upheld California’s laws banning convicted felons from possessing guns or ammunition.
The ruling, in a case from Berkeley, has implications that go far beyond upholding one state gun law.
It contrasts with decisions striking down gun laws since the nation’s high court ruled in 2022 that any government restriction on firearms must be “consistent with this nation’s historical tradition of firearms regulation,” dating back to the nation’s founding.
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