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☆ California Ammunition Background Check Law Can Remain in Effect, Court Rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

Circuit Judge Consuelo Callahan, another Bush appointee, dissented, saying the state had not shown a likelihood of success on appeal. Plaintiffs challenging the law in court included Kim Rhode, who has won three Olympic gold medals in shooting events, and the California Rifle & Pistol Association. California voters had in 2016 approved a ballot measure requiring gun owners to undergo initial background checks to buy ammunition, and pay $50 for a four-year ammunition permit. Legislators amended the measure to require background checks for each ammunition purchase, starting in 2019. Benitez in his decision rejected California's reliance on dozens of laws dating back to 1789 as "historical analogues" for ammunition checks and said the law had "no historical pedigree."

Persons: Richard Clifton, Nate Raymond, Roger Benitez, Benitez, George W, Bush, Holly Thomas, Joe Biden, Consuelo Callahan, Rob Bonta, Kim Rhode, Chuck Michel, Benitez's Jan, Miral Fahmy Organizations: Reuters, Circuit, U.S, District, Democratic, Republican, Democrat, Plaintiffs, California, New York Locations: California, San Diego, New, Boston

☆ US appeals court keeps California assault weapons ban in force
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Courtesy LBPD/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsLOS ANGELES, Oct 28 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Saturday that California's assault weapons ban will remain in force while the state attorney general appeals a lower court decision declaring the 30-year-old measure unconstitutional. Bonta, a Democrat who called Benitez' decision "dangerous and misguided," welcomed Saturday's 9th Circuit order. California in 1989 became the first U.S. state to ban assault weapons, acting in the wake of a school shooting that killed five children and toughening the law the following year. Since then, California has restricted the manufacture, distribution, transportation, importation, sale or possession of firearms that qualify under the law as "assault weapons." But the 9th Circuit subsequently allowed that statute to remain in effect while the state appeals.

Persons: Roger Benitez, Rob Bonta's, Benitez, Saturday's, Bonta, Steve Gorman, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Long Beach Police Department, REUTERS Acquire, U.S, Circuit, District, Thomson Locations: Long Beach, Long Beach , California, U.S, Handout, San Diego, California, Lewiston , Maine, San Francisco, Los Angeles

REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 11 (Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court is allowing California's ban on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition to remain in effect while the state appeals a judge's ruling finding it unconstitutionally violated the rights of firearms owners. The ruling came in a long-running lawsuit by the California Rifle & Pistol Association and gun owners challenging the ban. The court said that federal judges nationally had largely upheld large-capacity magazine restrictions since the Supreme Court ruled and that a decision to the contrary could threaten public safety. Chuck Michel, the president of the California Rifle & Pistol Association, in a statement expressed disappointment and vowed to "defend the rights of gun owners in California all the way to the Supreme Court." The Supreme Court vacated the appeals court ruling and ordered new proceedings consistent with the Bruen decision.

Persons: Lucy Nicholson, Roger Benitez, Rob Bonta, Bonta, Patrick Bumatay, Chuck Michel, Benitez, Nate Raymond, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Foods, REUTERS, Circuit, U.S, California, Association, District, Supreme, , New York, Democrat, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S, San Francisco, San Diego, ,, California, Boston

☆ US Judge Strikes Down California Ban on High-Capacity Gun Magazines
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez in San Diego said California's "sweeping ban" went too far by preventing people from using magazines for lawful purposes, including self-defense. "The Supreme Court was clear that Bruen did not create a regulatory straitjacket for states--and we believe that the district court got this wrong," Bonta said. The judge had struck down the magazines ban in March 2019, but the 9th Circuit overturned him in Nov. 2021. The Supreme Court vacated the appeals court ruling and ordered new proceedings consistent with the Bruen decision. The case is Duncan et al v. Bonta, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, No.

Persons: Jonathan Stempel, Roger Benitez, California's, Benitez, Rob Bonta, Bonta, Chuck Michel, Gavin Newsom, Duncan, David Gregorio Organizations: U.S, District, Supreme, , New York, Circuit, California, Association, Court, Southern District of Locations: California, San Diego, ,, San Francisco, U.S, Southern District, Southern District of California, New York

U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez in San Diego said California's "sweeping ban" went too far by preventing people from using magazines for lawful purposes, including self-defense. The judge had struck down the magazines ban in March 2019, but the 9th Circuit overturned him in Nov. 2021. The Supreme Court vacated the appeals court ruling and ordered new proceedings consistent with the Bruen decision. Chuck Michel, president of the California Rifle & Pistol Association, in a statement, said Friday's decision reflects the "sea change in the way courts must look at these absurdly restrictive laws." The case is Duncan et al v. Bonta, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, No.

Persons: Roger Benitez, California's, Benitez, Rob Bonta, Bonta, Chuck Michel, Gavin Newsom, Duncan, Jonathan Stempel, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Long Beach Police Department, U.S, District, Supreme, , New York, Circuit, California, Association, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: Long Beach, Long Beach , California, U.S, California, San Diego, ,, San Francisco, Southern District, Southern District of California, New York

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