SAF Win in California’s One-Gun-Per-Month Lawsuit

BELLEVUE, Wash. — June 20, 2025 — In a unanimous resolution, the Ninth Circuit Court docket of Appeals dominated in favor of SAF and its companions in Nguyen v. Bonta, SAF’s problem to California’s one-gun-per-month gun rationing legislation. 

SAF is joined within the case by the Firearms Coverage Coalition, Inc., and San Diego County Gun House owners PAC, two FFL gun sellers, and 6 non-public residents together with Michelle Nguyen, for whom the case is known as. 

“Right this moment’s resolution claws again a portion of Second Modification rights stolen by California’s authorities,” mentioned SAF Govt Director Adam Kraut. “California’s one-gun-per-month legislation was in clear violation of the Second Modification, as affirmed by the unanimous resolution within the Ninth Circuit. This ruling is one step nearer to liberating the folks of the state from the totalitarian beliefs of these in energy who consider the best to maintain and bear arms is a second-class proper.” 

The lawsuit challenges the California statute that solely permits for the acquisition of 1 handgun or semi-automatic centerfire rifle (or mixture thereof), from a licensed supplier inside a 30-day interval. SAF secured a abstract judgment win on the district courtroom, which California then appealed to the Ninth Circuit. Right this moment’s resolution affirms SAF’s district win and strikes down the gun rationing legislation as impermissible underneath the Second Modification. 

“There was little question the one-gun-per-month restriction was put in place to avoid the flexibility of residents to train their full Second Modification rights,” mentioned SAF founder and Govt Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “This ruling is a victory for all who consider within the elementary proper to maintain and bear arms, and we stay up for persevering with to revive the Second Modification rights of individuals throughout the nation by means of our greater than 55 lively circumstances.”

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The Second Modification Basis (saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt training, analysis, publishing and authorized motion group devoted to safeguarding and selling the basic rights of people enshrined within the Second Modification of america Structure. SAF engages in aggressive authorized motion to make sure the ideas of armed self-defense, private liberty, and the possession of arms are defended, secured, and restored. By way of public training initiatives, SAF teaches the significance of the Second Modification to advertise a society that values and workouts the best to maintain and bear arms.