A U.S. appeals court ruled that California's ban on openly carrying firearms in most parts of the state was unconstitutional.

From bans on declawing cats and plastic grocery bags to new anti-discrimination protections for students and cheaper insulin, a raft of new California laws takes effect Jan. 1, with others rolling out ...

If the appeals court’s reasoning against California's open-carry ban is applied to mainstream laws such as background checks ...

The Black Panther Party, founded in Oakland in 1966, is one of the most famous political organizations in American history, ...

A Ninth Circuit panel said the ban ran afoul of a 2022 Supreme Court ruling that required courts to evaluate gun laws based ...

The ruling came from a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and reverses a law that bans so-called ...

A federal appeals court ruling could significantly impact how California regulates the open carrying of firearms, though the state’s current ban remains in ...

The laws cited by California preserved the right to openly carry guns, which state courts said was clearly protected by the ...

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the state's ban on openly carrying firearms in large counties violates the ...