A Federal Appeals Court Just Blew Up One of This State's Most Disgusting Gun Laws
Jeff Charles
Jeff Charles | July 25, 2025 10:30 AM
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Here’s another development that will make gun owners thank the Almighty for the Supreme Court’s ruling in New York Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday sent California’s law requiring background checks for ammunition purchases to legislative Hades where it belongs. The court ruled 2-1 that the law violated the Second Amendment because it did not pass the Bruen test.
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The majority held that mandating background checks on people who want to purchase ammunition placed an unconstitutional burden on the right to keep and bear arms. Judge Sandra Ikuta, writing for the majority opninion, argued that “By subjecting Californians to background checks for all ammunition purchases, California’s ammunition background check regime infringes on the fundamental right to keep and bear arms.”
The Second Amendment protects ammunition purchases as an integral part of armed self-defense, the court ruled. “Without bullets, the right to bear arms would be meaningless.” The court further noted that the Golden State “has not carried its burden to identify a well-established and representative historical analogue.”
In English, this means California’s law does not align with gun restrictions passed during the Founding era, as required by the Bruen decision. This is because there were no laws requiring background checks just to purchase ammunition when the Founding Fathers designed our system of government.
Ikuta affirmed this when she wrote, “We are aware of no founding era law that required individuals to undergo a background check in order to purchase ammunition.” She acknowledged that there were some historical laws that regulated gunpowder storage for fire safety, “these laws are not analogous to California’s regime, which operates as a prior restraint on the exercise of a constitutional right.”
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Jeff Charles
Jeff Charles | July 25, 2025 10:30 AM
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AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File
Here’s another development that will make gun owners thank the Almighty for the Supreme Court’s ruling in New York Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday sent California’s law requiring background checks for ammunition purchases to legislative Hades where it belongs. The court ruled 2-1 that the law violated the Second Amendment because it did not pass the Bruen test.
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The majority held that mandating background checks on people who want to purchase ammunition placed an unconstitutional burden on the right to keep and bear arms. Judge Sandra Ikuta, writing for the majority opninion, argued that “By subjecting Californians to background checks for all ammunition purchases, California’s ammunition background check regime infringes on the fundamental right to keep and bear arms.”
The Second Amendment protects ammunition purchases as an integral part of armed self-defense, the court ruled. “Without bullets, the right to bear arms would be meaningless.” The court further noted that the Golden State “has not carried its burden to identify a well-established and representative historical analogue.”
In English, this means California’s law does not align with gun restrictions passed during the Founding era, as required by the Bruen decision. This is because there were no laws requiring background checks just to purchase ammunition when the Founding Fathers designed our system of government.
Ikuta affirmed this when she wrote, “We are aware of no founding era law that required individuals to undergo a background check in order to purchase ammunition.” She acknowledged that there were some historical laws that regulated gunpowder storage for fire safety, “these laws are not analogous to California’s regime, which operates as a prior restraint on the exercise of a constitutional right.”
A Federal Appeals Court Just Blew Up One of This State's Most Disgusting Gun Laws
Federal appeals court rules California's ammo background check law unconstitutional.
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