California Kids Gun Ads Case Won’t Get Full Ninth Circuit Review

A federal appeals panel refused Tuesday to grant a full-court review of its holding that a California law banning any firearm advertisement that “reasonably appears attractive to minors” was likely unconstitutional.

The California Attorney General’s office asked for an en banc hearing after the panel’s September ruling siding against the state and with gun rights groups that argued the law prohibiting the firearms industry from marketing guns to minors was overly broad, content-based restriction.

“The full court has been advised of the petition for rehearing en banc and no judge has requested a vote on whether to rehear the matter ...