The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the ban, which applied to counties with populations greater than ...

If the appeals court’s reasoning against California's open-carry ban is applied to mainstream laws such as background checks ...

A federal appeals court dealt a major blow to California’s gun laws Friday, ruling the state’s open-carry ban in most ...

The law banning residents in most parts of California from openly carrying loaded handguns for self-defense was ruled unconstitutional Friday by a federal appeals court. A 2-1 decision of the San ...

In a landmark ruling that could reshape firearm law enforcement in the nation’s most populous state, a federal appeals court has declared California’s ban o ...

A panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided 2-1 with a gun owner in ruling that the state's ...