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Federal Appeals Court Rejects California’s Ammunition Background Check Scheme

California’s unique scheme to force gun owners to undergo background checks to purchase ammunition is not only ridiculous, but also now unconstitutional. That’s the word from the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which in a 2-1 ruling Thursday determined that the Golden State statute violates the Second Amendment. The judges upheld a lower court’s […]

California’s unique scheme to force gun owners to undergo background checks to purchase ammunition is not only ridiculous, but also now unconstitutional.

That’s the word from the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which in a 2-1 ruling Thursday determined that the Golden State statute violates the Second Amendment. The judges upheld a lower court’s permanent injunction against the law.