The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling that California's background check requirement for ammunition buyers violates the 2nd Amendment. This ruling nullifies a 2016 ballot measure aimed at strengthening gun laws in the state. Judge Sandra Segal Ikuta stated that the law significantly restricts the right to keep functional arms, as it imposes reauthorization for each ammunition purchase. The decision is part of a trend where courts have curtailed state-level gun control efforts, referencing a 2022 Supreme Court ruling regarding the consistency of state laws with historical firearm regulations.
"The right to keep and bear arms incorporates the right to operate them, which requires ammunition," the judge wrote.
"The problem of ensuring that citizens are loyal to the United States by requiring a one-time loyalty oath is not analogous to California's recurring ammunition background check rules," Ikuta wrote.
Both the 9th Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court have significantly restricted gun control measures in just the last decade.
This ruling drew primarily from a 2022 Supreme Court decision that sharply limited gun control measures passed by individual states, finding that such laws must be 'consistent with the Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation.'
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