Gov. Gavin Newsom’s law that limited residents of California to purchasing no more than one firearm per month has been put on hold by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
A federal district court in March had struck down the law as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, but the state government fought for and obtained a stay on the ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals pending further legal review.
On Thursday, a panel from the 9th Circuit reversed the stay in a one-sentence ruling until the matter of Nguyen v. Bonta goes through its appeal.
“This order allows our hard-won injunction to take effect and, unless the Ninth Circuit issues a new stay, Californians may now apply to purchase multiple firearms within a 30-day period,” said Firearms Policy Coalition President Brandon Combs. FPC brought the case. “FPC intends to make Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta respect Second Amendment rights whether they like it or not.”
The Nguyen case was filed in December of 2020 as part of FPC Law strategic litigation program to eliminate immoral laws and create a world of maximal liberty, the FPC explained. The coalition was joined in this case by four individual members and two retailer members as well as San Diego County Gun Owners PAC and the Second Amendment Foundation.
The ruling came just one day after the court heard oral arguments on the challenge of Senate Bill 61, which banned the purchases of any hand gun or semi-automatic centerfire rifle from a licensed dealer, if the buyer had already purchased or obtained such a firearm in the previous 30 days. California extended its restriction in 2022 with Assembly Bill 1621, which added purchases of firearms parts.
250.000 car accidents and 3700 fatalities yearly and they are worried about guns. 3/4 of these crashes are reckless driving. What’s the difference between these 2 ???
Automatically register them to vote with each purchase. And start printing forms and ballots in Chinese and Farsi.