California Cities Challenged Over One-Gun-a-Month Purchase Rules

A California National Guard member and two firearms advocacy groups sued Los Angeles and Inglewood, California, on Wednesday over local laws limiting handgun purchases to once a month, claiming the restrictions violate their Second Amendment rights.

Thomas Lopez, the Firearms Policy Coalition, and the California Gun Rights Foundation argue both cities’ “1 in 30" ordinances unconstitutionally restrict law-abiding citizens from buying multiple handguns within 30 days for self-defense and other lawful purposes.

“But for the bans, plaintiffs would exercise their constitutionally protected right to acquire multiple handguns within a thirty-day period for self-defense, defense of others, proficiency training, and other ...