Appeals court says California law requiring background checks for ammunition is unconstitutional

US appeals court makes decision on landmark California ammunition background checks case

A divided federal appeals court said California's law requiring firearm owners to undergo background checks to buy ammunition is unconstitutional, violating the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

Appeals court says California law requiring background checks for ammunition is unconstitutional

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A voter-backed California law requiring background checks for people who buy bullets is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

9th Circuit upholds block on background checks for California ammunition buyers

A federal appeals court upheld a ruling that struck down a background check requirement implemented by California on buyers of ammunition for firearms.

California can’t require background checks to buy ammunition, appeals court rules

‘Background check regime infringes on the fundamental right to keep and bear arms,’ a judge wrote in the decisionA federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that California’s first-of-its-kind law requiring firearm owners to undergo background checks to buy ammunition is unconstitutional.In a 2-1 vote, the ninth US circuit court of appeals in Pasadena, California upheld a lower court judge’s permanent injunction against enforcing the law. Continue…

Appeals court says California law requiring background checks for ammunition is unconstitutional

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California law requiring background checks for ammunition is unconstitutional, appeals court says

A federal appeals court says a California law requiring background checks to buy bullets is unconstitutional. Voters passed the law in 2016 and it took effect in 2019.