"California Attorney General Rob Bonta subsequently petitioned the 9th Circuit to rehear the case en banc, and on Monday the 9th Circuit announced that a majority of active judges had voted to have the case reheard by a larger 11-judge en banc panel. In addition to requiring background checks for most ammunition purchases, the law in question also bans Californians from bringing home ammunition that they purchase out of state."
"While Bonta has argued the law was passed by voters in response to mass shootings and is intended to ensure ammunition is kept out of the hands of people not legally allowed to purchase it, the individuals and Second Amendment rights groups who challenged the law in San Diego federal court argued that it illegally infringes on their constitutional right to keep and bear arms."
An 11-judge en banc panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will rehear a San Diego challenge to a California law requiring background checks for nearly all ammunition purchases. A San Diego federal judge struck down the law as unconstitutional in 2020, and a three-judge 9th Circuit panel affirmed that ruling 2-1 in July. California Attorney General Rob Bonta asked for an en banc rehearing, and a majority of active 9th Circuit judges voted to rehear the case. The law also bans bringing home ammunition bought out of state. The case was filed in 2018 and was remanded after a 2022 Supreme Court opinion directing courts to apply historical tradition analysis to modern gun laws.
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