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California law requiring background checks for ammunition is unconstitutional, appeals court says [View all]
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Source: AP
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
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 efforts to combat gun violence.
In upholding a 2024 ruling by a lower court, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found that the state law violates the Second Amendment. Voters passed the law in 2016 and it took effect in 2019.
Read more: https://www.kcra.com/article/california-background-checks-ammunition-ruled-unconstitutional/65503289
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