SAF, Partners Secure Historic Victory in Ninth Circuit

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Aug. 14, 2025 — The Second Modification Basis (SAF) and its companions secured a significant victory right this moment after the Ninth Circuit Courtroom of Appeals issued a mandate overturning California’s “one-gun-per-month” restriction, setting a historic precedent.

In June, a unanimous determination from the Ninth Circuit dominated in favor of SAF and its companions in Nguyen v. Bonta, SAF’s problem to California’s one-gun-per-month gun rationing regulation. SAF is joined within the case by the Firearms Coverage Coalition and San Diego County Gun House owners PAC, two FFL gun sellers, and 6 personal residents together with Michelle Nguyen, for whom the case is known as.

“In the present day’s mandate issued by the Ninth Circuit marks the primary time the courtroom has issued a ultimate determination putting down a regulation for infringing on the Second Modification,” stated SAF Government Director Adam Kraut. “Between Heller and Bruen, each case heard by a panel which concluded the regulation was opposite to the Second Modification was reheard en banc by the courtroom and in the end upheld. This can be a historic victory for Second Modification rights within the Ninth Circuit and marks a measurable defeat for Governor Newsom and the legislature’s makes an attempt to curtail the train of the precise to maintain and bear arms in California.”

Nguyen v. Bonta challenges the California statute that solely permits for the acquisition of 1 handgun or semi-automatic centerfire rifle (or mixture thereof), from a licensed seller inside a 30-day interval. SAF secured a abstract judgment win on the district courtroom, which California then appealed to the Ninth Circuit, the place the courtroom dominated in favor of SAF and its companions.

“In the present day’s mandate from the Ninth Circuit is a testomony to SAF’s efforts to revive the Second Modification rights of all Individuals,” stated SAF founder and Government Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “This win is a big step ahead in one of the gun-restrictive states in America, and we is not going to relaxation till Californians can train their full constitutional rights.”

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The Second Modification Basis (saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt schooling, analysis, publishing and authorized motion group devoted to safeguarding and selling the elemental 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 schooling initiatives, SAF teaches the significance of the Second Modification to advertise a society that values and workout routines the precise to maintain and bear arms.