California Gun, Ammunition Sale Bans Get 9th Circuit Debate

Gun advocates struggled to convince a federal appellate panel Wednesday that California laws banning gun sales at state facilities trigger constitutional protections under the First Amendment, or a historical reading-based application of the Second Amendment.

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit was hearing appeals of separate lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of laws that bar the sales of firearms, ammunition, and precursor parts at public facilities in Orange and San Diego counties.

B&L Productions Inc., which puts on Crossroads of the West guns shows, seeks reversal of a Southern District of California judge’s dismissal of its challenge to ...