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 ...

A panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided 2-1 with a gun owner in ruling that the state's ...

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