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

The ruling, which emphasizes the lack of historical support for such a law, is unlikely to survive en banc review.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the ban, which applied to counties with populations greater than 200,000, violates residents' 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

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

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In a split decision, the appellate panel said a state law that criminalizes openly carrying a firearm in counties with a ...

In a video, U.S. District Judge Lawrence VanDyke demonstrates with a firearm as he explains his dissent opinion in Duncan v. Bonta, another Second Amendment case last year. On Friday, VanDyke and two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke appears in a video released by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as part of ...