California Rifle and Pistol Association

California Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Glock Handgun Rather Than Going After Criminals

May 7, 2025 3:21 pmMay 7, 2025 3:21 pm

A California bill to ban the sale of handguns that can be converted from semi-automatic to automatic is scheduled to be heard soon in the crucial Assembly Appropriations Committee. Assembly Bill 1127, authored by Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino), would specifically...

Appeals Court Finds California’s Large Capacity Magazine Ban Doesn’t Violate 2nd Amendment

March 21, 2025 2:55 amMarch 21, 2025 2:56 am

An en banc panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Thursday that California’s large-capacity magazine ban, which bars firearm magazines from holding 10 rounds or more, does not violate the 2nd Amendment. According...

Annual Firearm Registration Bill Faces Increased Flak As Committee Hearing Date Approaches

March 18, 2024 6:53 pmMarch 18, 2024 6:54 pm

A bill to would require gun owners to annually register their firearms with the California Department of Justice faces a rockier road in Sacramento in the coming weeks as more and more groups come out in opposition against the proposed...

U.S. District Court Rules Californians Don’t Have to Pass an Ammunition Background Check

January 31, 2024 7:21 pmJanuary 31, 2024 7:21 pm

U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez ruled on Wednesday in San Diego that the state of California can no longer enforce a law that requires citizens from undergoing a background check whenever they buy ammunition because it violates the Second...

Federal District Judge Halts SB 2 Concealed Carry Restriction Law

December 21, 2023 10:51 amDecember 21, 2023 10:51 am

U.S. District Court Judge Cormac Carney issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday, blocking California Senate Bill 2, which would have banned carrying concealed firearms in most public places, ruling that the law set to go into effect January 1st, violates...

Interesting Provisions in New California Gun Control Laws

September 27, 2023 2:34 pmSeptember 27, 2023 2:34 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom this week signed more than twenty bills to enact a series of gun control statutes in California. From my “legislative geek” perspective, there are two interesting provisions contained in the two main bills: SB 2 and AB...

Whamm, Zwap, Bam! Lawsuits Already Filed Over California’s Newest Gun Control Laws

September 27, 2023 12:02 pmSeptember 28, 2023 2:21 pm

UPDATE below: Senate Bill 2 by Senator Anthony Portantino’s (D–Burbank), which is California’s response bill to New York Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, was signed into law Tuesday. SB 2 enacts numerous “sensitive locations” where guns are banned, and changes...