Split 9th Circuit Strikes Down California’s Open-Carry Ban as Unconstitutional

“There is no record of any law restricting open carry at the Founding, let alone a distinctly similar historical regulation,'” wrote Ninth Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke, quoting from the high court’s 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.

       

“There is no record of any law restricting open carry at the Founding, let alone a distinctly similar historical regulation,'” wrote Ninth Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke, quoting from the high court’s 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.