In retrospect, it is stunning that California’s notoriously bad “one-gun-per-month” law managed to stay on the books for 26 years before finally being thrown out with the other trash.
After all, who would agree to ration out any other constitutional freedoms to once a month? Only one protest, one church service, or one exposure to the news media every 30 days?
Now good news comes from the Golden State.
California’s arbitrary gun purchase limit is no more
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this week overturned the law in a challenge brought by the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), and a collection of gun owners, sellers, and fellow advocates.
This 1999 statute initially applied to most California residents for the purchase of handguns, before being expanded to cover all firearms.
The legal challenge was reached by unanimous decision in June before being upheld this week.
Advocates praise judges’ decision to safeguard the Second Amendment
Judges ruled that the Second Amendment guarantees law-abiding American citizens have the right to own multiple firearms. They determined that the people could purchase these weapons without “meaningful restraints” from the government.
SAF Executive Director Adam Kraut lauded the Ninth Circuit decision, the first time the court ever issued a ruling striking down a law for violating the Second Amendment.
“Between Heller and Bruen, every case heard by a panel which concluded the law was contrary to the Second Amendment was reheard en banc by the court and ultimately upheld,” Kraut explained. “This is a historic victory for Second Amendment rights in the Ninth Circuit and marks a measurable defeat for Governor [Gavin] Newsom (D) and the legislature’s attempts to curtail the exercise of the right to keep and bear arms in California.”
In June, the court brushed aside California’s arguments that the Bill of Rights only guaranteed the ability to own a single firearm.
Judge Danielle Forrest dismissed that position out of hand. “California suggests that the Second Amendment only guarantees a right to possess a single firearm, and that plaintiffs’ rights have not been infringed because they already possess at least one firearm. California is wrong. The Second Amendment protects the right of the people to ‘keep and bear arms,’ plural.”
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