A U.S. appeals court ruled that California's ban on openly carrying firearms in most parts of the state was unconstitutional.

A federal appeals court dealt a major blow to California’s gun laws Friday, ruling the state’s open-carry ban in most ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the ban, which applied to counties with populations greater than ...

In a landmark ruling that could reshape firearm law enforcement in the nation’s most populous state, a federal appeals court has declared California’s ban o ...

A federal appeals court ruled that California's ban on openly carrying firearms in most counties is unconstitutional, citing ...

A semiautomatic pistol is among several weapons displayed three years ago after being seized by the Oakland Police Department. A federal court Friday ruled California can enforce a law banning guns in ...

California’s ammunition background check regime is about to face its most searching judicial review yet, with a full Ninth...

From today's opinion in Nguyen v. Bonta, written by Judge Danielle Forrest and joined by Judges John Owens and Bridget Bade: [The] "core Second Amendment right … 'wouldn't mean much' without the ...

A California law that limits gun purchases to one per month is unconstitutional on its face, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled last Friday. The three-judge panel's unanimous ...

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U.S. Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke, a Trump appointee, said in the 2-1 decision that the state’s law couldn’t stand under ...