Just two weeks after a three-judge Ninth Circuit panel struck down California’s ammunition background checks as unconstitutional, Attorney General Rob Bonta petitioned for an 11-judge en banc rehearing. That request automatically stayed the ruling, keeping Prop. 63’s background checks and in-person purchase requirements in effect.
While many gunowners praised a recent court decision reversing California’s law requiring background checks for ammunition, a new legal hurdle means the rules remain in effect.
Attorney General Rob Bonta this week requested the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals do a full review of their recent ruling invalidating Proposition 63 — the 2016 law requiring background checks for ammunition, according to a news release from the Ammunition Depot.
The law also effectively ended direct-to-home sales of ammunition in the state.
Bonta’s en banc review request means that until the appeals court does a full review, the law stays. A sales associate at The Range in Fresno said many online customers had ammo orders canceled and refunded.
By Edward Smith
