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In a stunning rebuke of California’s ammunition registration scheme, Judge
Roger Benitez thwarted the law, citing its blatant unconstitutionality.

“Judge Benitez issued a smackdown on steroids to the Attorney General” said
GOC Executive Director Sam Paredes. “In all practical terms, he suspended
the entire ammunition law and he did it with a one-two punch. The insight
and clarity of this decision is nothing short of mind-blowing.”

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO CALIFORNIA GUN OWNERS?
* Retail sales of ammo can resume immediately without background checks
and fees.
* Online sales can also resume.
* Transfer and sales between friends can also resume without limitations.
* Ammo venders no longer must register with the state as dealers.

In his 120-page decision, Benitez dramatically pointed to what he called
“onerous and convoluted” regulations that violate the constitutional right
to bear arms.

“The experiment has been tried. The casualties have been counted.
California’s new ammunition background check law misfires and the Second
Amendment rights of California citizens have been gravely injured,” Benitez
wrote, granting the plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction.

Ever since the Department of Justice began the registration process last
July, Gun Owners of California had been working with other Second Amendment
groups to gather statistical data from licensed ammunition vendors and
customers on the system’s many problems. “We asked for horror stories, and
boy did we get them” said Paredes. “We believe the collection of this data
was key in Benitez making his decision and helpful in strengthening our
arguments in the lawsuit (Rhode v. Becerra).” To read some of the specific
issues Californians have had, click [1]here.

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continue the fight for the next battle ahead!

“Criminals, tyrants, and terrorists don’t do background checks,” Benitez
wrote. “The background check experiment defies common sense while unduly
and severely burdening the Second Amendment rights of every responsible,
gun-owning citizen desiring to lawfully buy ammunition.”

The lawsuit by California Rifle & Pistol Association was joined by
out-of-state ammunition sellers and California residents, including 6 time
Olympic gold medal winner Kim Rhode.

In the closing of his decision, Benitez ordered the Attorney General and
his staff to inform all law enforcement officers that this injunction
expressly prohibits the enforcement of California’s ammunition law. It
further ordered the Attorney General to comply within ten days and then
report back to the court.

This is one significant victory – there are more on the horizon if we press
on.

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