Court Strikes California Handgun Advertising Ban as First Amendment Violation
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California ruled the state’s ban on handgun advertisements violates the First Amendment.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California ruled the state’s ban on handgun advertisements violates the First Amendment.
The Second Amendment Foundation is asking the Supreme Court to review California’s 10-day waiting period for gun purchases.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is concerned that California police officers may be acquiring “off-roster” guns, then “illegally” selling them.
On July 20, a three-judge panel of the United State Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard a case aimed at forcing Attorney General Kamala Harris to clarify California’s “assault weapons” ban, thereby limiting arrests resulting from the law’s ambiguities.
New information released by the California Department of Justice’s Bureaus of Firearms shows that the state’s “assault weapons” ban did not ban “assault weapons.”
The Second Amendment Foundation and Calguns Foundation are waiting for California Eastern District Judge Kimberly Mueller to issue a ruling in their request to prevent the state from banning the sale of new handguns which lack microstamping technology.