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(Reuters) -California cannot enforce a law requiring people to undergo background checks to buy ammunition, because it violates the constitutional right to bear arms, a federal judge has ruled. In ...
On April 22, 2020, Judge Roger Benitez of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California struck down the requirement and prohibition, stating "California's new ammunition background check law misfires and the Second Amendment rights of California citizens have been gravely injured."
A California law requiring people to submit to a background check each time they want to purchase ammunition is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled.
A Southern California federal judge with a history of pro-gun rulings issued another such decision this week, preventing the state’s ammunition background check from being enforced.
The Constitution of California does not contain a provision explicitly guaranteeing an individual right to keep and bear arms. Article 1, Section 1, of the California Constitution implies a right to self-defense (without specifically mentioning a right to keep and bear arms) and defense of property, by stating, "All people are by nature free and independent and have inalienable rights.
The lawsuit alleged that the mandates in AB 962 were incomprehensible, and that the definition of "handgun ammunition" was unconstitutionally vague. [4] On January 18, 2011, Fresno Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Hamilton ruled, in Parker v. California, that the definition of "handgun ammunition" was indeed unconstitutionally vague. The Court ...
California residents don't have to pay for and pass a background check every time they buy bullets, a federal judge has ruled. The Tuesday ruling by U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez took effect ...
The name came about in relation to a 1999 California law which said that a "bullet or ammunition cartridge is considered a tool." [1] The 2012 court case Haynie v Pleasanton validated that a bullet button is legal and rifles that have one installed are not considered assault weapons. [2]