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Second Amendment Roundup: 9th Circuit Upholds California Magazine Ban (Again)

The third time isn’t the charm.

Reason · Apr 4, 2025

Horn-Honking and the First Amendment

California law provides, (a) The driver of a motor vehicle when reasonably necessary to insure safe operation shall give audible warning with his horn. (b) The horn shall not otherwise be used, except as a theft alarm system. The Ninth Circuit upheld this law earlier this month, against a challenge…

Reason · Apr 28, 2023

Don't toot your own horn. Honking is not free speech, judges rule

LOS ANGELES — Part of the soundtrack of Los Angeles is the sound of the myriad vehicles that make their way through the city every day — the hum of the engines, the music blaring from the radios and, of course, the honking of horns, often used to convey anger,…

Los Angeles Times · Apr 21, 2023