CRPA Seeks Halt To New California Ammo Law

By Cam Edwards

The California Rifle and Pistol Association has asked U.S. Judge Robert Benitez to block California’s new ammunition background check law from being enforced while a lawsuit challenging the new requirements is being heard. The motion for an injunction was filed earlier this week, and the judge could issue is ruling early next month. This is the same judge, by the way, who blocked the state’s ban on the possession of “high capacity” magazines from going into effect earlier this year, and that has many gun owners optimistic that something similar could happen to the new requirement that every ammunition purchase in the state go through a background check and the buyer’s personal information logged by the ammunition seller. Additionally, the CRPA and its attorneys are challenging a portion of the law forbidding Californians from ordering ammunition online directly to their homes, or from bringing ammunition purchased out-of-state back in to California.

“The scheme purports to funnel everyone seeking to exercise their Second Amendment right to acquire ammunition into a single, controlled source, an in-state licensed vendor, for the purpose of confirming purchasers’ legal eligibility to possess ammunition and to keep track of all purchases,” lawyer Sean Brady wrote. …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms