California’s “one-gun-a-month” law violates the Second Amendment, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled June 20, affirming a lower court’s decision.
“The panel held that California’s law is facially unconstitutional because the plain text of the Second Amendment protects the possession of multiple firearms and protects against meaningful constraints on the acquisition of firearms through purchase,” wrote Circuit Judge Danielle Forrest in the opinion.
California suggested in its argument that the Second Amendment guarantees only a right to possess a single firearm, and that the plaintiffs’ rights were not infringed because they already have at least one firearm, according to Forrest….