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Constitutional Law
Apr. 27, 2020
California's background checks for ammunition purchases violates 2nd Amendment, judge says
Southern District judge Roger T. Benitez has blocked the state’s order mandating background checks for gun purchases, according to his 120-page ruling issued Thursday.
California's law mandating background checks for ammunition purchases violates the Second Amendment, a federal judge in San Diego ruled.
The law went into effect in July 2019 and was challenged by Olympic skeet shooter Kim Rhode and the California Rifle & Pistol Association. Kim Rhode et al. v. Becerra et al., 3:17-cv-01017 (S.D. Cal., filed April 26, 2018).
"The purported state interest to...
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