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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has not indicated whether he intends to appeal the ruling. (Photo: Becerra Facebook)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Update (4\/26): <\/strong>Less than 48 hours after a federal judge ruled that California’s ammunition background check requirement is unconstitutional, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals paused the ruling<\/a> and re-instituted the requirement. California residents must once again pass a background check before purchasing ammunition and can no longer order ammunition online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A federal judge in California has granted a motion for preliminary injunction against the state\u2019s requirement that all ammunition purchasers undergo a background check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a scathing 120-page decision, U.S. District Judge Roger\nBenitez in San Diego found that the law is \u201cconstitutionally defective\u201d because\nit has \u201cgravely injured\u201d the Second Amendment rights of California citizens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe experiment has been tried. The casualties have been counted. California\u2019s new ammunition background check law misfires and the Second Amendment rights of California citizens have been gravely injured,\u201d Benitez wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The judge\u2019s decision allows California residents to purchase\nammunition without completing a background check, which opens the door for\nout-of-state online purchases as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suit was brought by the California Rifle and Pistol Association along with three-time Olympic gold medalist Kim Rhode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Assemblywoman: \u2018You can\u2019t get the semiautomatic ammunition in California\u2019<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As GunsAmerica reported<\/a> in December, typographical and other errors in the background check system resulted in wrongful denials of nearly 20 percent of eligible ammunition purchasers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe law\u2019s red tape and state database errors made it impossible for hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Californians to purchase ammunition for sport or self-defense,\u201d said<\/a> Chuck Michel, the association\u2019s general counsel. \u201cThe court found that the flimsy reasons offered by the government to justify these constitutional infringements were inadequate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCalifornians can sleep a little easier tonight knowing\ntheir Constitutional rights were restored and strengthened by this decision,\u201d\nhe said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benitez noted that the law fails to adhere to constitutional\nprotections on four separate counts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First<\/em><\/strong>, criminals, tyrants, and terrorists don\u2019t do background checks. The background check experiment defies common sense while unduly and severely burdening the Second Amendment rights of every responsible, gun-owning citizen desiring to lawfully buy ammunition. Second<\/em><\/strong>, the implementing regulations systematically prohibit or deter an untold number of law-abiding California citizen-residents from undergoing the required background checks. Third<\/em><\/strong>, in the seven months since implementation, the standard background check rejected citizen-residents who are not prohibited persons approximately 16.4 % of the time. Fourth<\/em><\/strong>, the ammunition anti-importation laws directly violate the federal dormant Commerce Clause.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Benitez is the same judge who temporarily blocked<\/a> California\u2019s \u201chigh capacity\u201d magazine ban in 2017. The decision prompted a tsunami of standard capacity<\/a> magazines to be shipped to the state before Benitez blocked the sales to allow the state to appeal his ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has not indicated whether he intends to appeal, but anti-gun groups expect him to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: California Ammo Fail: 20 Percent of Eligible Purchasers Denied Due to Database Errors<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis decision is patently wrong and we expect that it will\nbe reversed on appeal,\u201d said Brady President Kris Brown in a written statement. \u201c<\/em>While\nthis injunction is a disappointment, Brady remains dedicated to ensuring the\nsafety of Californians. We are heartened that the judicial process will\ncontinue and optimistic that the judge\u2019s error will be corrected on appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brown argues that Benitez\u2019s decision acts against the \u201cbasic principles of democracy\u201d because the background check law was approved by California voters in a 2016 referendum<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his decision, Benitez anticipates and counters this\nobjection, arguing that even a majority of citizens cannot supersede constitutional\nrights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Law-abiding citizens are imbued with the unalienable right to keep and bear firearms along with the ammunition to make their firearms work,” he wrote. “That a majority today may wish it were otherwise, does not change the Constitutional right. It never has.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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