NRA Files Amicus Brief in Challenge to California’s One-Gun-Per-Month Restriction

Your NRA has filed an amicus brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Nguyen v. Bonta. Nguyen is a challenge to California’s law prohibiting the purchase of more than one firearm within any 30-day period. Signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom in 2019, the law quickly ran into trouble in the wake of the Bruen decision.

In March of this year, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California held California’s one-gun-per-month restriction unconstitutional on the basis of the Bruen precedent, as there is a distinct lack of any historically similar laws. The State then appealed that decision to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

You NRA filed an amicus brief with the Ninth Circuit in support of the plaintiffs and in affirmation of the district court’s ruling. The brief argues that California’s law violates the Second Amendment because the right to keep and bear arms includes the right to acquire firearms. In this vein, multiple gun purchases per month were common in early America, and there were no historical limitations on the number of firearms that law-abiding citizens could purchase.

Those interested in the particulars of this case can read NRA’s brief by clicking here.

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