"California's Ammunition Background Check Requirement Blocked by Judge"

A federal judge in San Diego has blocked California from enforcing a law requiring background checks for ammunition purchases, citing it as a violation of the Second Amendment. The judge criticized the high rejection rate of the checks and deemed the requirement an outlier that our ancestors would not have accepted. California plans to seek a stay of the decision, with the state's Attorney General emphasizing the life-saving nature of background checks. Governor Newsom criticized the judge's favoring of firearms owners, while plaintiffs in the case, including Olympic gold medalist Kim Rhode, welcomed the decision as a win. The judge rejected California's reliance on historical analogues for ammunition checks and suggested a four-year ammunition permit as a more reasonable approach.