LOS ANGELES — In May, a federal appeals court ruled that California's ban on semiautomatic rifle sales to adults younger than 21 was unconstitutional. On Wednesday, that same court, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, reversed itself, sending the case back to a lower court to be retried.
What happened between the two decisions was a groundbreaking ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that did not just say limits against the carrying of firearms in states such as New York and California are unconstitutional.
In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, the high court also ruled that many other restrictions on firearms that aren't deeply rooted in early American history would likewise violate the 2nd Amendment.
