California Can Give Gun Owners’ Personal Data to Researchers

California doesn’t violate the Second Amendment by sharing information it collects from gun owners with private researchers studying how to prevent gun violence, a federal trial court said.

Gun owners claimed the disclosure of the personal data they were required to submit to be able to own a gun or carry a concealed weapon chills Second Amendment rights because some perspective gun owners will refrain from purchasing guns and others won’t apply for or renew their concealed weapon permits.

Denying the plaintiffs’ request for an injunction, the opinion by Judge Larry A. Burns of the US District Court for the ...