Buying a spare barrel used to be one of the simplest transactions in California gun culture. As new rules take effect, that routine parts order now pulls you into the same regulatory orbit as a full ...

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

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A federal appeals court on Friday struck down California’s ban on openly carrying firearms in most parts of the state, ruling the restriction violates the Second Amendment. In a 2-1 decision, a panel ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gun rights groups filed a federal lawsuit challenging California’s ban on Glock-style pistols with features ...

(Corrections and clarifications: This story has been updated to correct the date the law goes into effect.) Starting July 1, 2026, California firearms dealers can no longer legally sell Glock-style ...

A Ninth Circuit panel said the ban ran afoul of a 2022 Supreme Court ruling that required courts to evaluate gun laws based on the country’s “historical tradition of firearm regulation.” By Laurel ...

FILE - An NRA sign is seen outside the track of the NASCAR Sprint Cup series, April 12, 2013, in Fort Worth, Texas. The National Rifle Association’s former finance czar, Wilson “Woody” Phillips, has ...

In a video, U.S. District Judge Lawrence VanDyke demonstrates with a firearm as he explains his dissent opinion in Duncan v. Bonta, another Second Amendment case last year. On Friday, VanDyke and two ...