If the appeals court’s reasoning against California's open-carry ban is applied to mainstream laws such as background checks ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

The laws cited by California preserved the right to openly carry guns, which state courts said was clearly protected by the ...

The law banning residents in most parts of California from openly carrying loaded handguns for self-defense was ruled unconstitutional Friday by a federal appeals court. A 2-1 decision of the San ...

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

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — A new California law is sparking debate over gun rights and public safety as it prepares to ban certain firearm components that lawmakers say could be modified to convert ...

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