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Half of State Attorneys General Speak Out Against California Ban
Twenty-five state attorneys general, co-led by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R) and Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador (R), have filed an amicus brief to speak out against California’s unconstitutional law banning magazines that are capable of holding more than 10 rounds. Knudsen noted in his release announcing the filing of the …
Divided Appeals Panel Upholds California Ban On Post-2013 Pistols
Reduced to their essence, the facts of the case strongly suggest that the state’s real goal is simply banning modern pistols, which of course is an outcome that any fair reading of the U.S. Supreme Court’s prior Second Amendment cases would prohibit.
NRA Files Amicus Brief with Ninth Circuit in Challenge to California’s Billy Club Ban
Today, NRA filed an amicus brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of a challenge to California’s prohibition on the possession of billy clubs. The brief argues that billy clubs are neither uniquely dangerous nor unusual. Clubs have existed for millennia, and billy clubs in particular have been known …
Ninth Circuit Rules California Law Banning Firearms Advertisements Likely Violates the First Amendment in NRA-Backed Case.
NRA scored a legal victory in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals against an overbroad California law that bans firearms advertisements that may be attractive to minors. In June of 2022, the California Assembly passed and Governor Newsom signed AB-2571 into law. NRA filed suit shortly thereafter. The bill as originally drafted was …
CALIFORNIA GOES FULL ‘WOKE’ ON BANKING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST FIREARM INDUSTRY
Never underestimate the ability of California lawmakers to embrace the wildest ideas when it comes to eliminating gun rights. Other states are pushing back on “woke” banking discrimination. Not California. There’s an effort there to require it. State Sen. Dave Min introduced SB 637, which requires that California’s public finances cease …
California Targets First and Second Amendments with Advertising Ban
Anti-gun politicians hate civilian gun ownership so much, they’re willing to do away with the First Amendment just to get at the Second. Such is the case with New York’s new speech-based restrictions on the Right-to-Carry. Just as troubling is California’s AB2571, which purports to ban all firearms-related advertising that a minor …
California: Fish and Game Commission Rejects Bear Ban Petition
On Thursday, the California Fish and Game Commission held a meeting and rejected Petition 2021-027, a request made by the Humane Society to eliminate the black bear hunting season under the pretext of the black bear population being vulnerable and needing further study. Thankfully, the commission disagreed with the anti-hunting petition, stating that: “Our …
GOA URGES SCOTUS TO HEAR CHALLENGE TO UNCONSTITUTIONAL CALIFORNIA MAGAZINE BAN
WASHINGTON, D.C — On Friday, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) filed an amicus curiae brief which urges the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case involving California’s magazine ban. “Unless anti-gun radicals like Gavin Newsom and Rob Bonta are held accountable for their blatant violations of …
NRA Asks Supreme Court to Strike California’s Magazine Ban
Fairfax, Va. – The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) partnered with the California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA) yesterday to petition the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to California’s ban on magazines capable of holding more than ten rounds. “California’s ban violates the Second Amendment, the Takings Clause, …
California: Stay Issued in 9th Circuit Magazine Ban Ruling, Allowing Californians to Continue Possession of Lawfully Acquired Magazines
Yesterday, a stay was granted in the case of Duncan v. Bonta after an en banc panel upheld California’s ban on magazines capable of holding more than ten rounds of ammunition. With this stay, the Ninth Circuit has decided to allow Californians to continue possession of any magazines that were acquired during “Freedom Week” or prior to the ban …