This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down California’s first-in-the-nation law requiring background checks for ...

The owner of Foothill Ammo in Shingle Springs, Calif., displays .45-caliber ammunition for sale at his store. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that ...

(FOX40.COM) — A federal appeals court struck down California’s first-in-the-nation gun control law that required background checks to purchase ammunition, declaring it a violation of Second Amendment ...

FILE - In this June 11, 2019, file photo, Chris Puehse, owner of Foothill Ammo, displays .45-caliber ammunition for sale at his store in Shingle Springs, Calif. A federal judge on Thursday, April 23, ...

NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER. A CALIFORNIA LAW THAT REQUIRES BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR AMMUNITION PURCHASES HAS BEEN FOUND UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE RULING BY THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS UPHELD A DECISION BY A ...

Judge Sandra Ikuta, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, speaking during at the Federalist Society's 2018 National Lawyers Convention in Washington, D.C. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The California law that forced ammunition purchasers to pass a background check was passed by voters in 2016. Gov.

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