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Civil Rights,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Jun. 30, 2022

Citing Bruen, circuit vacates pandemic order on gun stores

The case stems from a Ventura County public health officer’s order in March 2020 that closed the stores and shooting ranges for 48 days at the outset of the COVID-19 virus even as other stores, such as bike shops, were allowed to remain open.

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc panel on Wednesday vacated a district judge’s opinion siding with Ventura County over its COVID-19 pandemic policy that closed ammunition stores in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision backing the right to carry concealed weapons.

The case stems from a Ventura County public health officer’s order in March 2020 that closed the stores and shooting ranges for 48 days at the outset of the CO...

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